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> The black text on white is too much contrast. This statement intrigued me. Without getting into what is fashion and progress (because I am NOT a designer), I
by travisgriggs 5y ago
> The black text on white is too much contrast.
This statement intrigued me. Without getting into what is fashion and progress (because I am NOT a designer), I was curious what is "too much" contrast. There's lots of literature out there about applying too much contrast in image/photo elements. But here, we're talking about text, and this honestly piqued my interest. Too little is usually pretty obvious. But what is too much? I don't honestly know.
I found the discussion at https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/123504/maximum-contrast-ratio-for-good-accessibility https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/123504/maximum-contra... pretty interesting.
- xaedes 5y agoThere is a minimum contrast specified for a reason, because more contrast is better to read. Modern designers argue that high contrast is "harder on the eyes" and they seem to prefer solid colored boxes. It is a real pitty, infested the web with sites that are basically gray on gray. Great, the text is now out of the way for the beautiful design and the eyes can relax from all the reading. Except when you actually want to read it. No really, low contrast text is a real strain and these "too much contrast" arguments are too blame that it still happens.
- joveian 5y agoHigher contrast means a lower overall screen brightness is still comfortably readable. I think many people just don't think to turn down the display brightness and think that the content on the display is causing the issue.