The results of the first round of our prestigious International Amateur Photographer of the Year 2025 competition are in! See ...

The reason why using black backgrounds isn’t a universally good idea is that there are two primary types of display technology found in most smartphones out there: Liquid Crystal Display (LCD ...

When you see light text on a dark screen, its edges seem to bleed into the black background. This is called the halation effect, and it reduces the ease of reading. Remember, the eye is made up of ...

In the early days of personal computing—think UNIX early—text was often white or green on a black screen. That didn't last long, of course, but there's a ...

To change a black background to white in Microsoft Word, open Word, go to the Design tab, and select Page Color. Now, from the dropdown, select the White color. If you can’t find it, click on ...

Other photographs show that the dress is actually blue and black. In this second photograph, the white wedding dress, dark curtains, visible skin tones and body shadows help us accurately judge ...

Dark mode is a specific setting on a mobile device, tablet, laptop or computer, that changes the default, white or light, screen background to a darker colour (typically dark grey or black).

The light hits the retina in the back of the eye where ... "Most people will see the blue on the white background as blue," Conway says. "But on the black background some might see it as white." ...

Measuring a 17-inch (43-centimeter) LCD monitor, Schindler found that white required 22.6 watts, while black came in a tad higher at 23.2 watts. With a 20-inch (50.8-centimeter) LCD, black ...

In February 2015, the viral illusion had viewers in a hot debate over whether the dress was black and blue or white and gold. Here's the science.