Re: Proposed Fluxbox style for Debian

[Daniel Barclay <daniel@fgm.com>]

Donald MacKinnon wrote:
> Dale wrote:
> > ...
> > I have been working on a new Fluxbox style[1] ...
> >
> > Comments and/or suggestions more than welcome
> > ...
> > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Debian_LibStick
>
> Hello Dale,
> I for one am not keen on black on a darkish blue. There is too little
> contrast between the two. This is especially true if the writing is
> small. A lighter shade of blue would improve the legibility.

It's not just you--human vision has lower spatial resolution for blue,
than it does for green or red, so it's harder to see things, especially
small things (e.g., features of letters in text), in colors that differ
only in how much blue they contain (e.g., blue vs. black, white vs.
yellow).  Bigger visual elements can work with lower contrast or with
contrast just in the blue component.  Smaller visual elements usually
need higher contrast.



Daniel