Which is better for the eyes?

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• lloydy912 Member Posts: 1

  November 2012

  For me I would prefer a black background with white color text.
• pyrofreak Member UncommonPosts: 1,481

  November 2012

  I prefer white on black. Staring at a full screen of white eventually makes my eyes go wonky.

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• Cleffy Member RarePosts: 6,412

  November 2012

  Its all about light.  Black is the absence of light, and white is nothing but light.  So when you have a white backround you are pushing alot of light onto the eyes.  I would say a black background would be better for the eyes.
• Grunty Member EpicPosts: 8,657

  November 2012

  For a monitor, pale green on black or white on black in that order. Green instead of white was the preferred color for monochrome monitors for text. A bright white text tended to washout the letters and make them harder to focus on. It's why you'll hear older monochrome monitor users call the monitors green screens instead of white screens.

  For hard copy black print on off-white background.  As Cleffy says it's all about the light source. An all white, bright screen will be tiresome. Reflected light off of white paper isn't much of a problem.

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• Castillle Member UncommonPosts: 2,679

  November 2012

  Thank you all very much!

  Pretty surprised by green tbh o.o  I just finished changing VC++ to be like...dark grey background on light grey! Hopefully my eyes wont hurt as much like....4-5 hours from now o.o

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