Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-918991-20140219041951/@comment-24131510-20140308182057

Jason C.K. wrote: Rappy 4187 wrote: ...the default text color is a very dark gray. I think that's a TERRIBLE default to force on every theme for every Wikia creator & reader. The number of creators & readers that have the time and inclination and realization that investigating will reveal that customization is even possible, and then investigate even further to find out how to actually do it...means that many will put up with that horrible, eye-straining gray.

And I searched Wikia help after I learned that CSS was the method. I found no answer easily available. If I weren't here in this forum, bugging people, asking questions, and didn't get the help of someone knowledgeable in CSS...I'd still be putting up with the gray as well.

Shouldn't readability be the #1 criteria for picking a default you will force on everyone? And what dark-on-light scheme could possibly be more readable than black-on-light? Any other choice is sacrificing readability for...what, "pretty", unreadable text? I trying to determine whether you have a genuine concern or you are just trolling the forums. The "dark gray" text has the hex code 3a3a3a I believe, which is indeed a very dark gray. While it may not contrast well with some background colors, it looks perfectly fine on a white background. Also, my friend uses 202020 for his wiki's background color, and has a really light gray text and it is fine on the eyes.