It depends on the medium, the surroundings, and the font-weight/size.
When the contrast between your surroundings and your screen is to high, it gets uncomfortable.
White on black is better readable on projectors, especially crappy ones. With black-on-white, the white area bleeds too much into the letters. With w-o-b the letters can "shine".
Interesting analogy Antonio. i guess personal preference matters a lot in this regard.
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Most studies have shown that dark characters on a light background are superior to light characters on a dark background (when the refresh rate is fairly high). For example, Bauer and Cavonius (1980) found that participants were 26% more accurate in reading text when they read it with dark characters on a light background.
Reference: Bauer, D., & Cavonius, C., R. (1980). Improving the legibility of visual display units through contrast reversal. In E. Grandjean, E. Vigliani (Eds.), Ergonomic Aspects of Visual Display Terminals (pp. 137-142). London: Taylor & Francis
Ok, 26% improvement – but why?
People with astigmatism (aproximately 50% of the population) find it harder to read white text on black than black text on white. Part of this has to do with light levels: with a bright display (white background) the iris closes a bit more, decreasing the effect of the "deformed" lens; with a dark display (black background) the iris opens to receive more light and the deformation of the lens creates a much fuzzier focus at the eye.
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It depends on the medium, the surroundings, and the font-weight/size.
When the contrast between your surroundings and your screen is to high, it gets uncomfortable.
White on black is better readable on projectors, especially crappy ones. With black-on-white, the white area bleeds too much into the letters. With w-o-b the letters can "shine".
Also recent studies show, that white-on-black is healthier for the eye.
Personally, I prefer white-on-black for terminals and coding, black-on-white for reading and writing, except at night or dark rooms.
Interesting analogy Antonio. i guess personal preference matters a lot in this regard.
I was just reading something on Graphic Design
This was a take on by Graphic Design on Stack Exchange
Ok, 26% improvement – but why?