Re: blue on black is unreadable (was Re: Bug#60753: mutt: /etc/Muttrc should not use colors)
On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 08:33:48AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 04:23:31PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> > garabik> > COLOR:1:cyan:black
> > garabik> > COLOR:5:brightcyan:black
> >
> > The same can be said about the default "ls" colors.
> > It shows directory names with blue on black.
>
> yep, i forgot to mention that until after i'd sent the message.
>
> blue on black is just a bad idea - too little contrast between fg & bg
> to be readable.
yellow on black is probably the best choice: good contrast and not not
brigth. Very comfortable.
But yellow on a white bg may not be so good.
A+
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Fabrice Gautier <gautier@email.enst.fr>
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