[SoftTalker]

Dark/charcoal grey is better than pure black for text. But it's still dark enough that most people would call it black.

[carlosjobim]

It's not, that's a myth. The blackest black your monitor is capable of is best for text.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

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.

[112233]

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

[hulitu]

> ZX Spectrum had some excellent color combinations

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

[mr-pink]

so wrong