ARGH

[kizayaen.livejournal.com]

Dear meme/poll writers:

For GOD'S SAKE PEOPLE. If you are going to explicity define a background colour, then EXPLICITY DEFINE A FOREGROUND COLOUR.

Clearly you understand that the majority of people do not have baby blue backgrounds in $BROWSER. It is evident that you understand this since you explicitly define the background for your meme results as being this colour, thus overriding what anyone else has. That's fine. I don't particularly care for baby blue, but it's okay. It's just a matter of personal preference.

So since you understand that most people do not have blue backgrounds, is it such a huge logical leap to think that perhaps they also don't have black text foregrounds?

I sorta like white text on a charcoal grey background. This white-on-pastel-blue shit however does not work.

Very truly yours,
Kiz
Graphic/Web Design Snob

Comments

[dukesnorre.livejournal.com]

I sorta like green text on a black background. I'm sure relatively light green on light blue would suck as well.

[anamacha.livejournal.com]

it does. This is most of the reason I pass over so many lj-secrets and myspapce profiles.

[theogrin.livejournal.com]

I quite honestly like brighter grey, or even beige, on a nice black/midnight blue/forest green background. Or, if I feel weird, I'll reverse that. To have two bright colours or two insanely dark colours, or -- and this is a very bad offender -- flashing red bold text on a black background...is cause for deletion. No, I don't mean the website. No, I don't mean gently.

[kizayaen.livejournal.com]

To summarize: contrast is king.

[anamacha.livejournal.com]

*chortles*

[110billion.livejournal.com]

I much prefer black on a light grey.

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

YES. My 'favorites' are the ones that use a white background with no specified foreground...which, of course, means that I can't see any of the text.

One of the offending memes in this respect that I saw recently? ColorQuiz.com. Talk about irony.