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by SoftTalker 106 days ago
Dark/charcoal grey is better than pure black for text. But it's still dark enough that most people would call it black.
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It's not, that's a myth. The blackest black your monitor is capable of is best for text.
The problem is contrast, really. Some color combos are terrible, and you also have issues with color-blindness (which is why gray is used a lot).

Gray text, against a gray background, can suck.

I’m getting on in years, and low-contrast text affects me a lot more, these days, than it used to.

Yeah, nothing like neon green on magenta. So much contrast, my eyes each read their own line... ZX Spectrum had some excellent color combinations
> ZX Spectrum had some excellent color combinations

Yes, compared with the abominations that are Windows 10, 11 and Android, ZX Spectrum was luxury.

so wrong