# Is it just me, or.....
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604
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**Created:** [January 14, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604 "2003-01-14T22:04:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/1 "2003-01-14T22:04:02Z")
…is the background changed to alternating light and dark grey?
If it is old, it just jumped out at me today…
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### Author:  [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/2 "2003-01-14T22:11:06Z")
Looks the same to me.
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/3 "2003-01-14T22:29:36Z")
Okay, just wondering if I was going nuts, or if my PC was messing up…
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/4 "2003-01-14T22:29:43Z")
It’s light gray and white, isn’t it?
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/5 "2003-01-14T22:33:39Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Achernar \*
> \*\*It’s light gray and white, isn’t it? \*\*
Well, to me it appears that the border is white, while the actual text panels are medium grey and light grey, with occasion dark grey headings.
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### Author:  [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/6 "2003-01-14T22:48:25Z")
That’s what it is, Joe. It’s been like this forever, though. At least since we use vB, but off the top of my head, the UBB forums used a similar colour scheme.
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/7 "2003-01-14T23:55:09Z")
… or, Joe, you could be having double vision.
… or, Joe, you could be having double vision.
Do you see everything twice?
Do you see everything twice?
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### Author:  [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/8 "2003-01-15T00:52:17Z")
Well, the background color is #FFFFFF (255). The cells alternate between #DFDFDF (223) and #F1F1F1 (241). In this notation, black is 0 and white is 255. The color “gray” is 128, and “silver” is 192. So, I would say they alternate between very light gray and very very light gray. 😛
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2003, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/9 "2003-01-15T05:28:51Z")
Heh. I love this place. 😛
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### Author:  [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/10 "2003-01-15T12:09:46Z")
You mean it’s not pink? (don’t remind me of [that](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=123224)… :))
FWIW, the V1 vBB used #F7F7F7 and an imperceptibly-off #DEDFDF, for whatever reason.
But don’t feel stupid for not having seen the difference, our eyes do a good job adjusting to the _local_ contrast, as this illusion shows: [http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow\_illusion.html](http://www-bcs.mit.edu/people/adelson/checkershadow_illusion.html)
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### Author:  [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or/148604/11 "2003-01-15T18:19:11Z")
Boy, that explains it _right there_…Thanks!