In the thread, a poster linked to this Web page (the authors are Canucks, so they use British-style spellings throughout), which is a little oldish but a good read on how different combinations of background and text colors affect readability. Here's a quote:
"Yellow and black is the highest contrast color combination, but contrast is not the same as readability. There is a trade-off between contrast and readability: too little contrast makes things hard to read, but too much contrast creates so much vibration that it diminishes readability."Makes your eyes hurt, don't it?
The article goes on about other color combinations, many rooted in old computer terminal displays such as:
Amber on Black -- I kind of like this, I've used terminals with this combo
Green on Black -- the authors like this, though I think it's horrible
Red on Black -- and of course, red on black, which you will see on some vampyric Web pages, which kind of makes sense, since it makes my eyes bleed.
Personally, I'm a traditionalist and stick with good old black text on a white background.
When it comes to selecting color combinations for your blog, there's a lot of psychology and personal preference involved, so do what looks good to you, though it's always nice to get a little background on what works and doesn't work for others.
Thanks -- Joe
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I remember the amber on black and green on black (a little lighter green than that, and a slightly browner amber) from my travel agent days in the late 1980s to early 1990s. As soon as it was possible to mess with the colors (Win 3.2, I think), I did so. But it wasn't black on white, either. - Karen
This comment doesn't have anything to do with this entry but would you please post an entry on how to add music to your journal so that it plays when you open it up. I can't find any instructions on how to do this. Thank You very much
Semi-related, but here's a link about which fonts are more *readable*.
http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt6/html-email-fonts.htm
Holly
http://journals.aol.com/uidezign/MountainViewMusings
Color contrast and readability was what we did: painting bulletin boards, years ago... So as a sign painter from back when... you forgot the best and easy to read black on amber or any light yellow... Maybe I will blog on the psychology of colours... www.simplytruth.com...
The spelling in the Queens English is great, we need to understand where this all this came from... Thanks for your views... Kerminator
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