White on black or black on white?

Whenever I use the web or write email, my working environment displays in black on white and I’m just fine with that. When I edit text, black on white just seems wrong and I always switch things around to be white on black. This never struck me as odd until today. Does anybody else think it’s odd that one color scheme would make perfect sense in one context but come off as very wrong in another rather similar context? Or is it just me?

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2 Responses to “White on black or black on white?”

  1. Christopher Smith Says:
    July 18th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    Using color schemes to hint at context is useful. Beyond that: you are totally crazy. It should always be black on white.

  2. Pat Cahalan Says:
    July 19th, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    using color schemes to hint at context is useful

    Agreed.

    beyond that: you are totally crazy

    Corey? Crazy? Agreed.

    It should always be black on white

    Bah. Green on black. White as a background is just more strain on the eyes.

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