At 09:56 �� 24/1/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > > > The human eye senses green colors most intensive, red colors > > medium intensive and blue colors least intensive. > > >Interestingly, (or maybe not), a lens, whether in the eye or >manufactured, focuses different colours at different planes, with red >furthest back, and blue nearest. If you are short-sighted, the >optician will select a lens that brings red into the sharpest focus. >This is why, to me, text printed at the red end of the spectrum is >easier to read (on a white background). On screen, a bright saturated >red colour will appear to stand out of the screen, whereas blue areas >will appear to recede into it. Red text on blue background, or blue on >red, is the most difficult to read. >Perhaps that's why the QL's default colours chosen for #1 and #2 were >red & white? Personally, I never liked it and have my BOOT program >change it. I sometimes think I can hear a sigh of relief hiss from the >monitor, when the screen changes to white on black :O) > >Ian.
I personally prefer blue on white and that's why I welcomed GD2 :-) (among other reasons) Studies though show that the less strain on the eye is produced by a (VERY) Pale Blue background and dark blue letters. Most typesetters (when they were still complete machines and not just fancy film printers) had that setup on their monitors Phoebus
