Re:Please Stop Using Grey Text
by evrydayhustling on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @08:11AM
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Also, anyone who thinks printed text is actually black hasn't worked with print. And how on earth does someone make this argument while using text and background that are two different shades of purple?
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> anyone who thinks printed text is actually black ... worked with print
Not clear. We always normally printed in K - insaturated black. Or, "typographic black", or "sufficiently black black", or "just black". «[A]ctually black» requires a definition.
They complain about Medium's theme choices at least 4 times in the article, and claim that this theme is the best contrast they can get.
Lighthouse disagrees, Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.
I guess that's why the OP complains as well. I do wonder if none of the other Medium themes have a better contrast, but the OP obviously felt that they needed to explain their (lack of) choice of non-contrasty colours.