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It's the contrast between the text/content and the background that affects your comfort though. There was an article about how you should never use black for yo
by chewxy 14y ago
It's the contrast between the text/content and the background that affects your comfort though. There was an article about how you should never use black for your text on a white bg[0]. I think the points there are rather salient.
In fact the W3C has a good calculator for colour contrast [1], which I think is a good guide for calculating colour contrast when designing sites
[0]http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/ http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/
[1]http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#contrast-ratiodef http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#contrast-ratiodef
- kyberias 14y agoI think there are no points in [0] what so ever to support the claim than one should not use black (#000). The author does not argue at all. All he does is present a photo he has taken which does not have black pixels. What the hell is that supposed to prove?
- yuchi 14y agoI should redirect you to the interesting discussion happened on Ian's article here on HN. About eye stress.. that's another story. Could anyone here point us to a scientific paper out there?