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>normally we don’t claim that those are too bright

I print a lot of books, and I find that a more "cream" colored paper is much more pleasant to read for an extended period of time. YMMV but if there's more than a paragraph of text involved I'd prefer a lower contrast ratio.



I usually adjust the lighting so that reading is comfortable. The same can be done with screen brightness.

The benefit of white paper is that when you do require high contrast, you don’t need ultra-bright lighting to achieve it.


Adjusting the screen brightness means you need to calibrate your screen again from scratch. All other settings have to be redone after changing the brightness, and you need to generate a new color profile.

Standard brightness has a fixed value, adjust contrast in your designs, not in the settings of the screen.


What the fuck are you talking about? Most people don't recalibrate their screens after changing brightness.


Every designer, photographer or videographer is going to use a calibration probe to calibrate their device.

Even if you're just a casual user, you should at least roughly configure colors, color temperature and contrast after changing the brightness.




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