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What are good colors to use for a terminal window (text and background) to minimize eye strain/damage? I feel like someone, maybe a design or medical professional, must have done research on this topic, but my search has only turned up results based on what people think is pretty.
I'm hesitant to ask on SU because I suspect there's no single perfect answer, but even general guidelines -- light on dark vs. dark on light, complementary color combinations -- would be helpful.
EDIT: I used to like light gray on black, myself, but my new work monitor leaves greenish and purplish tinges around the edges of the letters with gray on black. I suspect it's an LCD thing. That's what motivated the question, anyways.
Good for eyes would be same colors which are good for text, namely black text on green-gray backround (e.g. #E2E2D8). For the console I suppose you can only use monospace font - the best bet is "Courier New bold" for Windows and "Courier 10 pitch" for linux. – Mikhail V – 2016-03-14T01:34:21.247
Still there are problems - all monitors have different colors, so you should tune the bg color yourself. Also, the lighter is the room, the lighter must be the background color (more contrast). – Mikhail V – 2016-03-14T01:45:58.473
5"I suspect there's no single perfect answer" -- sounds like Community Wiki then! – Arjan – 2009-10-01T18:43:07.570