When I read Dheeraj’s first paragraph I almost fell into apoplexy. Black background with white or light-colored text? Oh, God no!!!!!!! There is nothing more disgusting and hard on the old eyeballs than that! Nothing would send me scurrying away from Medium faster than that!

Of course, as I kept reading I realized that he said that just to grab people’s attention. (It worked.) No sane human would suggest such a horrible, horrible thing.

Continuing to read and seeing his illustration of a deeper gray background, I calmed down and realized that he had a valid suggestion. As it is right now it is almost impossible to see any difference between white text boxes, tab boxes and the background. The change Dheeraj made in his illustration is far better than the current color scheme. I cast my vote (as though I have one) in favor of Mr. Dhobley’s suggestion.

P. S. Please excuse my use of the American spelling of the (color) word, ‘gray,’ (with an ‘a’) rather than the Old English spelling, ‘grey,’ (with an ‘e’). It is for the same reason that I prefer, ‘chile peppers,’ over ‘chillie peppers,’ or ‘chili peppers.’ It’s because I’m an old American fart. (Plus I used to live in the American state of New Mexico where the incorrect spelling of, “chile peppers,” can land you in prison, or worse.)