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That's an awful website too. White text on dark background is a complete readability failure, no matter how much contrast it provides.
by dhugiaskmak 15y ago
That's an awful website too. White text on dark background is a complete readability failure, no matter how much contrast it provides.
- Xurinos 15y agoIn some agreement... According to an article on "color for developers" that was posted at some point on HN, one gets a better "pop" contrast if there is a smidgeon of color. As I read it, using white or black, regardless of the other color involved in the combo, is less effective. One should strive instead to add at least a little bit of color and contrast that color with the other. For example, if you toss a tiny bit of blue into your black, then you should toss a tiny bit of yellow/orange into your white. The contrast is not in symmetric values either; R, G, and B have different contributions to the brightness. If I have the time to dig up the article I am thinking about, I will add it to this post. (Here is the HN thread on the contrastrebellion site: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2807047 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2807047)
- bilban 15y agoTwaddle! I find dark text on a white background unbearable. I'm much happier with off white on a dark background. Anyway - each to their own. It looked okay to me, apart from some tiny script in places. (Safari, OSX 10.4, 1280x854)
- pavel_lishin 15y ago> White text on dark background is a complete readability failure, no matter how much contrast it provides. I prefer white-on-black. To me, reading black-on-white feels somewhat akin to staring into a projector.