# Blue Text - does everyone get it?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990 "2020-07-22T07:02:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/1 "2020-07-22T07:02:41Z")
I mentioned in a topic discussion that I have trouble reading the blue text, and someone replied “What blue text?” My discussion text is sky-blue, forum title list is a paler blue. My wife agrees with my color descriptions, she says blue.
I tried Dope Dark interface, and it just puts medium blue on black instead of on white, same lack of contrast’
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/2 "2020-07-22T07:47:34Z")
I’ve never seen that. Weird.
Which browser are you using? Any strange settings, extensions, etc. that could be causing this?
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### Author:  [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/3 "2020-07-22T07:56:12Z")
I use Sam’s Simple. There is some blue text here, but most of it is black.
When I access a forum/category, the titles of the threads/topics are blue. The titles of the ones that I have already visited and have no new activity look a grayish shade of light blue. The reply box I am writing in right now is separated from the rest of the page by a thick blue line, under which I can see the thread/topic title in a small blue font.
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### Author:  [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/4 "2020-07-22T13:55:35Z")
The first post shows the light blue color for me then fades to white after a second or two. Now using the Brave browser because the Waterfox browser I’ve been using for years will not load the SD boards for me since the changeover.
Using SD light theme.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/5 "2020-07-22T14:15:53Z")
That light gray almost invisible stuff is blue? (I’m somewhat blue colorblind, never would have known)
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### Author:  [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/6 "2020-07-22T18:09:45Z")
I have been using Straight Dope Light on my phone with the mobile interface, text is black. I swapped to Discourse classic, and the category titles are black with the topic titles in blue on white background. There seems to be enough contrast for me.
The topic title of read threads is a bit lighter blue, but I can still read it.
“graceful” has black text on white.
Try changing your interface/theme.
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### Author:  [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/7 "2020-07-22T23:42:46Z")
> [@Turble](#):
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> The first post shows the light blue color for me then fades to white after a second or two. Now using the Brave browser because the Waterfox browser I’ve been using for years will not load the SD boards for me since the changeover.
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> Using SD light theme.
The first post is blue-green for me before fading to black. Using SD Dark on Safari (iMac).
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### Author:  [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/8 "2020-07-23T02:20:38Z")
It’s my screen angle. If I tilt the screen it can intensify the difference in the background tint of bluish panels. I think it is the bluish background that is making me think it is pale blue, instead of pale gray.
What is the advantage of having such pale gray text? Some things are virtually grayed out.
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### Author:  [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-text-does-everyone-get-it/915990/9 "2020-07-24T05:12:30Z")
> [@jtur88](#):
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> What is the advantage of having such pale gray text? Some things are virtually grayed out.
It’s a fad among web designers right now. Low-contrast, shades of gray instead of black text on white/light background, as has been used for text since Gutenberg 400 years ago. The advantage is that it makes your web pages look with-it to the other cool kids.