I have been thinking of something due to feedback I have been given recently, that apparently it's hard for my viewers to read blue text on a black background? I can understand the complaint; a cool color on black probably doesn't stand out very well. However, I personally like the aesthetic - hence why it was set that way to begin with - and being the stubborn person that I am, have very little desire to change it to something I find less appealing.
But I am not so unreasonable, and I want to be accommodating to those who appreciate my work. Whenever I have an image accompanied by a story, I have the story in the description, where it is hard to read due to the pallet choice. Rather than subject my viewers to a lengthy story in hard to read text, in the future I will upload the image and the story as separate files, with links in the description to connect the two, that way the story will appear in classic black and white text. I hope this will make it easier on more people!
Posted by Nalzindar 3 years ago Report
I don't have any problems with blue on black background, but I can understand that people who have a slightly different sight, might have difficulties. Though I have a normal eye-sight, I do for example find the combination green upon white background, somewhat difficult to read.
I believe the reason is because although most people are very good at recognizing different colors, it is more challenging to recognize different gradients/hues of the same color.
Black and blue may not be the same color, but because both are recognized as dark colors by our eyes, reading may be a bit slower than if it was black upon white.