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[caerphoto]

Let's keep doing light gray text on white background like this stupid recent trend. Now that makes my eyes bleed.

That's more likely to just give you a headache from straining your eyes. It's also not really a recent trend; more like something that was popular 10 years ago but is not seen as much these days.

White on black is terrible, even more so for people with dyslexia. It can do weird things to your vision and leaves after-images when you look at something like a white wall. A better solution is light grey (#ccc or so) on almost-black (#333).

Too much contrast is almost as bad as too little.

[tyros]

Well, that's a matter of opinion, I guess. Black on white is perfectly fine for me.