“Never use black.”
When you put pure black next to a set of meticulously picked colors, the black overpowers everything else. It stands out because it’s not natural. All of the ‘black’ everyday objects around you have some amount of light bouncing off of them, which means they aren’t black,…
This is something I’ve honestly never consciously considered, but Ian Storm Taylor does make some excellent points about achieving more natural looking contrast over the harshness of “pure” black. Viva la saturation!
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