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What Font Color Is Best For Eyes?

Posted by kdawson on from the blue-definitely dept.

juraj writes "What font color and what background is best for the eyes, when you work for a long time? I have found various contradictory recommendations and I wonder if you know about any medical studies on this topic."

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  1. Great Blazing Colors by JWSmythe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yellow on red seems like a very popular high contrast color combination for several years.

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    1. Re:Great Blazing Colors by CastrTroy · · Score: 5, Funny

      I remember that from Windows 3.1. I think they called it hotdog stand.

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    2. Re:Great Blazing Colors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The only correct style is random colors of random sized fonts. Everything else is stupid and evil.

    3. Re:Great Blazing Colors by enoz · · Score: 3, Funny

      this is an inherited survival trait from when it was important to see predators and distinguish ripe from almost-ripe. I know there is probably a very good reason for that, for example being able to distinguish a camouflaged predator in dense jungle.... but I just can't get the image of big green lizard predators out of my head.
    4. Re:Great Blazing Colors by Dan+East · · Score: 4, Funny

      A slashdot post citing references?

      You, my friend, are way out of line.

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  2. Eye-friendly color combination by GMThomas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Background :#FFFFFF Text: #FFFF00

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    1. Re:Eye-friendly color combination by MightyYar · · Score: 2, Funny

      LOL!

      That's yellow on white :)

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    2. Re:Eye-friendly color combination by GMThomas · · Score: 2, Funny

      Alas, it was a sarcastic statement ;)

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  3. White on white by NuclearKangaroo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been saying this for years, but no-one's paying attention, apparently...

  4. Easiest by kdogg73 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like my porn, it's black on white.

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    1. Re:Easiest by iknowcss · · Score: 2, Funny

      I get the feeling my fuschia on lime would probably hurt most people a lot.

      That is ... the porn and the color combination.

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    2. Re:Easiest by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

      Like my porn, it's black on white. So are you into zebras or pandas, you sick freak?
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  5. easy answer by circletimessquare · · Score: 1, Funny

    i find bright red letters on a bright blue background to be quite soothing. try it sometime, i promise you will thank me

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  6. Bright BLUE on vibrant RED ... by DodgeRules · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... then shake the monitor.

  7. myspace by timmarhy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just look on myspace, then do the exact oppersite.

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  8. You gotta explain for us Americans... by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gray is a color, grey is a colour.

  9. Best combo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Infrared on ultraviolet

  10. I am and because of that by RuBLed · · Score: 5, Funny






  11. I like the "You're a winner!" banner ad font by ip_freely_2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That font usually sends me into an epileptic seizure resulting in a day off work.

  12. Re:Answer: Whatever makes you feel the best by skiingyac · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, based on your medical expertise, you are saying if it hurts when I do X, I shouldn't do X?

  13. Re:Infocom had it right: white on blue. by bennomatic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your screen is dark. your text is likely to be eaten by a grue.

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  14. Mustache Bold by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    While you joke about red on yellow, I personally use a three color font system that is brown stokes infilled with a pale orange sitting on a white background. It's very legible as you can see in this example here

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    1. Re:Mustache Bold by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sweeeeeeet. I've been waiting for this font for years.

      YEARS!

      (Check my user name.)

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  15. Re:But that's still not as funny as... by BluBrick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Calm down Nick, there's no need to get personal! (Although, I do suspect that's exactly why he posted as AC)

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  16. Re:mod parent up by Kohath · · Score: 5, Funny

    I vote strongly for "take a walk", especially this time of year when it's starting to get nice and warm outside. In what country? Your current country. Walking is best and most easily accomplished in the country where you are.
  17. Another webpage that makes effective use of colors by Bananenrepublik · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's another webpage that uses color very efficiently to transport an important message link

  18. WTF star are you from? by killmofasta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sirs:

    I am from planet Earth, that revoles around a type N star, in the MilkyWay Galixy.
    In our Galixy, type N stars ( main sequince ) emit a light power spectrum centered around
    6300deg Kelvin, a light wavelength we call 'Yellow'.

    White light is a broad spectrum light that has equal power on all frequencies.
    The light of a N type star, of which our sun is one, is centered on the Yellow
    part of the light spectrium. Remember ROYGBV. Red stars are hotter, Yellow is ours,
    and Blue stars are cooler, and UV stars are the coolest!
    At least that was the order of things, according to astronmetrics,
    when I got my MS, and I dont think a lot has changed.

    What is interesting about human eyes, is that the power RESPONSE curve,
    matches our sun, as exactly as we can measure it.

    Now. WHAT STAR ARE YOU FROM?