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Tried two dark mode palettes side by side and one made my eyes hurt after 20 minutes
I was building a dark theme for a reading app last weekend and tested a pure black background (#000) against a dark gray (#1a1a2e). The black one felt sleek at first but after scrolling for 20 minutes I got that weird eye strain headache (you know the one). Has anyone else found that near-black grays work way better for long reading sessions than true black?
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betty_ward3mo ago
Kept a pair of those blue blocking glasses on my desk for years before I realized the real problem was my monitor contrast. Switched to a matte screen protector and suddenly I could read on pure black without the headache. The gray backgrounds do help though, I remember reading an article that said human eyes weren't designed for absolute black because it tricks our pupils into dilating too much or something like that. My friend who does graphic design actually starts all her dark themes with a sample of the night sky and works down from there.
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vera_roberts3mo ago
Huh, that night sky trick sounds smart, I might have to try that myself.
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