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The best color for the eyesBest Background Colour?

I think red font on black background will cause the least eyestrain from a quantum physics/chemistry perspective. Red has the least amount of energy and hence it's the least likely to hit electrons and to cause them to move into higher energy levels and to bounce them off which tends to produce ions (and producing ions tends to cause unwanted chemical reactions). Red is basically the least destructive color which is why it doesn't destroy your film during development but other colors will.

Also whenever something emits light it doesn't emit one color, it emits a distribution curve of frequencies. One of the reasons why CRT monitors and televisions were bad for your eyes if you sat close to them is that they emit more X - Rays than LCD monitors do. However, the color you see is determined by which frequency/frequencies are emitted with the highest intensity from the particular light source you are looking at. Light emitted from your LCD monitor (just like any other light source) does emit some UV and it does emit some X - rays, though with LCD monitors its not as intense with CRT monitors. However, red light will tend to emit less ultraviolet and X - rays than white or purple light. And UV and higher energy radiation is more damaging than lower energy radiation.

 Most of the light that we naturally see is reflected light, we hardly ever look directly into emitted light. Looking into a light bulb is bad for your eyes partly because you're not looking at reflected light, you're looking directly at emitted light. Likewise, looking into a monitor is bad for your eyes for the same reason.  This is why a black background is optimal for causing the least amount of damage, you want to reduce the overall amount of light being directly emitted into your eyes. Also a black background will also reduce the U.V. And X - rays being emitted into your eyes.

-reply by corvette

 

I think white and blues. They make your site seem proffesional and 'cool' or 'easy'.
High Contrast backgrounds are bad. Greens, yellows and similar colours, as well as giving you a migrain, just make you stop and go back. How many times have you came onto a site with big red writing and a bright yellow background?

Alsol, textured backgrounds look really bad, unless they are featherd or faded a lot, and are white and greay or, pale blue and white, etc.

I prefer the color purple because the color purple is not light or dark, unless you want it to be.. and it also goes w/ just about everything. You can have purple and limegreen. or purple and orange , or purple and black and so on.. How can you disagree w/ a color as wonderful as purple? You cant..lol

I prefer to have a very light grid colored background. It brings a professional appeal to your website. A very light silver and very semi-light blue for the lines.

well, a light background always gives a clean, professional look... assuming u don't clutter it up with other stuffs.

personally i'd say if you want to go for a white look, then pursue it to the fullest by making everything on ur page clean and minimal. this gives a clear identity and advantage...

never be neither here nor there. that just appeals to no one.

I think the best colors for sites are the ones who suits the site best, according to its theme. If it is a site about Heavy Metal, it would be something dark, black maybe. You get the idea. However, I think that relaxing colors are great speaking in general. “Smoky” colors too (a color mixed with grey). White is an all time classic, but it’s being used too much. I like seeing other colors in the background. It’s quite original.

Well, for me, I think black and silver work the best. It looks cool too.

I also prefer to use white as the background color for my site. I may use a different background color for the <divs> or something like that to give my site some contrast, but I've previously used white as the background of my <divs> and it makes things very easy to read and notice. But, you've got to go with your own personal preferences.

Well, if we want to start talking about background color, we must first know what type of website we wnat to build. Generally for corporate website they chose white (#FFFFFF), soft blue, or even silver (not #C0C0C0... but #EFEFEF). You must believe me that your color will give effects on how long people stay at your website... Calm, cool color will keep your visitor longer.

Light gray -#EEEEEE
Light green - #AAEE44
dark grey - #CCCCCC
white - #FFFFFF
black - #000000