I was looking at the information recently for a Kindle Paperwhite and I noticed that under “Accessibility Features” it mentions the ability to invert black and white. This was a win for me, because I just like reading white text on a black background. But then I wondered why that’s considered accessibility. I don’t doubt that it is for someone out there, I just wondered what eye/brain function makes this better and more accessible over black text on a white background. Just curious, and Google doesn’t seem to know.
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Apparently black backgrounds are less stressful on yhe eyes of dyslexic people than a stark white background. It reduces the likelihood of the characters on the page swirling together. I read this online but couldn’t find any in depth resources on color perception of dyslexic people.
In general, people have different thresholds. We percieve color differently, so different contrasts work for different people.
For me, I get headaches reading on plain white, so I usually like a grey background and dark grey font. It strains my eyes less.
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