3 ms·
Great article and analysis. One answer to your question, "what's wrong with black text on white background?": http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-b
by molecule 13y ago
Great article and analysis.
One answer to your question, "what's wrong with black text on white background?":
http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/ http://ianstormtaylor.com/design-tip-never-use-black/
- pizza 13y agoEh, sometimes you don't want things to look natural for the sake of looking natural. Plus, given that there's basically just black and white on Gwern's site, a dark blue would have the same 'overpowering' effect as a black, since there is nothing else that is similar in color to it.
- jsnell 13y agoThat answer would be a more convincing if the page itself wasn't a great demonstration of the opposite. I'm sure #554 with a spindly font looks great on a retina MacBook, but it's just not all that readable on most systems, especially for people with less than perfect vision. I just don't get what issue designers have with contrast. You'd kind of think that the point of text is for it to be readable, not for it to look soothing.