What Font Color Is Best For Eyes?

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."

Great Blazing Colors

[JWSmythe]

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

Eye-friendly color combination

[GMThomas]

Background :#FFFFFF Text: #FFFF00

White on white

[NuclearKangaroo]

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

Easiest

[kdogg73]

Like my porn, it's black on white.

Re:Great Blazing Colors

[CastrTroy]

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

Re:Eye-friendly color combination

[MightyYar]

LOL!

That's yellow on white :)

easy answer

[circletimessquare]

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

Bright BLUE on vibrant RED ...

[DodgeRules]

... then shake the monitor.

Re:Eye-friendly color combination

[GMThomas]

Alas, it was a sarcastic statement ;)

Re:Great Blazing Colors

[Anonymous Coward]

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

myspace

[timmarhy]

Just look on myspace, then do the exact oppersite.

You gotta explain for us Americans...

[halivar]

Gray is a color, grey is a colour.

Best combo

[Anonymous Coward]

Infrared on ultraviolet

I am and because of that

[RuBLed]

I like the "You're a winner!" banner ad font

[ip_freely_2000]

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

Re:Answer: Whatever makes you feel the best

[skiingyac]

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

Re:Infocom had it right: white on blue.

[bennomatic]

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

Re:Great Blazing Colors

[enoz]

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.

Mustache Bold

[goombah99]

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 [theatlantic.com]

Re:Easiest

[iknowcss]

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

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

Re:But that's still not as funny as...

[BluBrick]

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

Re:mod parent up

[Kohath]

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.

Another webpage that makes effective use of colors

[Bananenrepublik]

Here's another webpage that uses color very efficiently to transport an important message link [mpi-hd.mpg.de]

Re:Easiest

[jollyreaper]

Like my porn, it's black on white.

So are you into zebras or pandas, you sick freak?

Re:Great Blazing Colors

[Dan East]

A slashdot post citing references?

You, my friend, are way out of line.

Re:Mustache Bold

[Beardo the Bearded]

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

YEARS!

(Check my user name.)

WTF star are you from?

[killmofasta]

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?