[WEB4LIB] Web page color & accessibility

[Dan Lester]

Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 12:02:18 PM, you wrote:

>>From an accessibility standpoint, does anyone know of any studies or other
JC> data that speak to setting a dark background for a class, say the color
JC> maroon, and then setting font color to white? I'm aware of the dangers of
JC> setting colors without enough contrast betwen background and font color,
JC> but are there problems with the above example where the white text would
JC> clearly stand out against the dark background?  Thanks.

I can only report personal experience and that of several other
elderly colleagues who have vision problems.  Reading light on dark is
a bad thing, making it very difficult to read. Our eyes are used to
reading dark on light, so I can't imagine why anyone would use light
on dark, except to be artsyfartsy on some webpage. I can assure you
that any webpages that use light on dark or similar 'fancy stuff' get
bypassed quickly by many of us.

cheers

dan, being polite so you don't know what I really think

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