[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62831: Bring in lighter background for admin

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#62831: Bring in lighter background for admin
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 Reporter:  karmatosed       |       Owner:  audrasjb
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  6.8
Component:  Administration   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch early  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by audrasjb):

 > Avoiding full white for the background is sort of an industry standard
 and it's an established best practice since ages. There's research and
 user testing that validates it and I would love to see WordPress follow
 the industry best practices instead of reinventing the wheel every time.
 Experimenting is good and it fuels productive discussions but I'm not sure
 this change provides the best user experience.

 I've been working in this industry since more than 20 years and I'm
 struggling to find any industry standard concerning the use of full white.
 But I don't know everything :) Do you have any industrial standard
 reference for avoiding full-white on interfaces? Andrea please note that
 by asking that, I don't want to diminish your concerns: I really want to
 know what I missed.

 I know there are a lot of studies and research against using too
 contrasted colors (like #000 on #fff) but that's not what we have here
 since the font color is not full black. But I'm not aware of any research
 showing that using #fff as a background color is a bad practice.

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