There's actually a book that studies this by measuring readability of print articles by seeing how far readers got: Type and Layout by Colin Wheildon. https://

There's actually a book that studies this by measuring readability of print articles by seeing how far readers got: Type and Layout by Colin Wheildon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1875750223/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1875750223/ The research upheld the "any color as long as its black" popular wisdom for text, but found that black text on a ~15% tinted background (any color) did not impede readability. (Deeper background tints impeded readability.) > Why is your monitor's maximum contrast the right value? Please give me maximum contrast and let me adjust my monitor.