While there are some advantages of using dark mode, it may not be good for you. Here's why you may want to avoid the light-on-dark theme.

There's nothing major that would merit me upgrading to Mojave, but dark mode piqued my interest. Between My code editor (VS Code), black terminal windows, and dark mode Chrome coming soon, I could ...

Dark-on-Light: The Background. Vision research has shown that humans prefer dark-on-light. That’s because, in the real world, the background of any scene around you is usually bright. Humans evolved ...

Setting your device to dark mode means that it will display white text on a dark background. ... et al. (2018). Symptoms associated with reading from a smartphone in conditions of light and dark ...

As long-time practitioners of the "dark theme" concept—it's still an option here at Ars for those who prefer light text on dark backgrounds—we're excited to see that Microsoft is extending the ...