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Best Color Scheme For Coding, Easiest On the Eyes?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-looks-good-on-you dept.

Marzubus writes "I tend to do a lot of code editing in vim and sometimes get the 'burning eyes' or headaches. I have been trying to find a background / foreground combination for my terminal sessions which is easiest on the eyes but cannot seem to find any real data on this subject. Does anyone know of a study / data on this topic?"

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  1. Black on Black by jhouserizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    A black foreground on a black background has always given me the least eye pain.

  2. Pink on Green by QuantumPion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pink text on green background.

    This combination is so vibrant that it burns the code into your brain, allowing you to better visualize your program.

    That, or give you a seizure.

    1. Re:Pink on Green by syousef · · Score: 4, Funny

      Pink text on green background.

      Let me guess, you taught HTML for dummies courses using Hotdog and Netscape Navigator Gold in the mid to late 90s.

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    2. Re:Pink on Green by SQLGuru · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't forget that he was a huge fan of flashing text to grab attention. And since you wanted people to see your whole page, it was all flashing.

      Layne

  3. Re:Probably not colors by intx13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If your monitor's refresh rate was equal to the ambiant lighting's refresh rate, you could almost guarantee a headache

    Maybe you should stop programming in raves! Turn off the strobe lights - my light bulbs don't refresh!

  4. Re:Probably not colors by funfail · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems you never worked in a fluorescent lit cubicle.

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  5. Re:Probably not colors by tenco · · Score: 5, Funny

    Edison, is that you?

  6. Re:Probably not colors by DrLang21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently you only use DC powered lights.

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  7. Re:Probably not colors by Bandman · · Score: 4, Funny

    weird. I meant flicker. Damn you flickr for corrupting my spelling!

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  8. Re:Yelow on Blue, look at the old monitor designs by Bonobo_Unknown · · Score: 3, Funny

    I bop away like stevie wonder when I code

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  9. Re:Probably not colors by radimvice · · Score: 4, Funny

    but back in the pre-GUI days, white on blue was pretty soothing

    ...ahh, I fondly remember those days, when seeing a soothing white-on-blue screen appear didn't yet cause me to instinctively start cursing and reach for the power switch...

  10. Re:Probably not colors by D+Ninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sell my old tech to my parents all the time. I like to teach them the value of money.

  11. Re:Peanuts by Snodgrass · · Score: 3, Funny

    I went on an on-site tech call once. The little company I worked for supplied the computers to the local school district.

    While I was there, the "head computer guy" kept yammering on about all the problems they'd been having with the computers, but I'd only found one with an actual hardware problem.

    Anyway, I was getting ready to leave and he started pointing at a monitor (CRT) and saying "look at this! See? This is what has been happening!" I looked at it, but couldn't see anything wrong.

    "Right there!" he said, pointing, "See how it's jiggling around?" It was then that I noticed the bag of Cheetos in his hand. I told him to stop chewing for a second and see if the problem went away.

    It did, and so did he. I left without seeing him again, I think he was a little embarrassed. :^)