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What is the best color background for showing photos or videos? Flickr is white, for example, but some other sites use black. Is there an optimal choice?
by mrbird 16y ago
What is the best color background for showing photos or videos? Flickr is white, for example, but some other sites use black. Is there an optimal choice?
- wtracy 16y agoThe main thing is to not pick a saturated color that will clash with anything in the picture/video. Otherwise, a very light color (white or close to it) or a very dark color (black or close to it) will probably make the picture/video more visible. FWIW, older users seem to prefer light backgrounds, and younger users seem to prefer dark backgrounds.
- telewriting 16y agoUse a neutral gray (this could be black or white). What you want to avoid is framing the image with any "color". Context affects what colors are seen. Knowing a little about something called simultaneous contrast is helpful: http://www.apple.com/pro/color/tools/caponigro/contrast.html http://www.apple.com/pro/color/tools/caponigro/contrast.html
- billswift 16y agoIt depends on the effect you want. Since I usually want the details to be highly visible, I usually go for a background the same color but a shade lighter than the major color in the photo. That minimizes the contrast between the photo and its background, bringing out the details within the photo.