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> White has 100% color brightness and black has 0% color brightness.

There's no 100% black. People should stop with this nonsense. My monitor's black is pretty greyish by default. It gives nice illusion of blackness because it's also very bright with the whites, so contrast is high, but try comparing a black screen and turned off monitor screen. It's grey as hell. There's no standard screen. If people's eyes are offended by high contrast, they have a contrast knob on their monitor or video card.

I really don't appretiate all those designers' concern for my eyes. It's really not called for. If I want less contrast I can move the virtual knobs on my monitor, and I'll get it set globally. Now the concerned designers just caused a double decrease in contrast on their websites compared to normal readable websites wich use #000 for body text, which is now much harder to correct compared to moving a stupid knob.




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