This article suffers from a bit of confusion over the difference between art and design. Art: don't use the color black (or build up to it.) Good tip from "chi

This article suffers from a bit of confusion over the difference between art and design. Art: don't use the color black (or build up to it.) Good tip from "childhood art teacher." Another way of putting it: don't use black unless you know what you're doing. Design: black is the strongest color. (The three strongest colors in design are black, white, red.) However, don't use a black background with white text (or any other color text on a dark background; bad readability). If your design isn't working in black and white, it's not working.