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A comment on How to Choose Colors for Your CLI Applications (2023).

Re:How to Choose Colors for Your CLI Applications (2023) by jammcq on Thursday January 29, 2026 @11:58AM (#46812856)
I'm a bit color blind and it might be quite common to show errors in red but when the background is black, I can't see it at all.
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Re:How to Choose Colors for Your CLI Applications (2023) by bradrn on Thursday January 29, 2026 @12:09PM (#46813051)
Neither can I. Luckily tweaking the colours can make it somewhat readable. (Sometimes…)
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