Agreed, there are many reasons to choose pure black and pure white. Everything about modern design is "unnatural", this design rule is the "appeal to nature" f

Agreed, there are many reasons to choose pure black and pure white. Everything about modern design is "unnatural", this design rule is the "appeal to nature" fallacy manifest. If you need proof that beautiful things can be black and white: https://gwern.net/ https://gwern.net/ (also, OP blog is _so close_ to pure black and pure white, it's almost imperceptible)