: How to compensate for perceived color differences do to simultaneous contrast? Is there a formulaic system to adjust the color of the text on the black background below to compensate for simultaneous

@RJPawlick971

I don't think there is a straight cut answer, because this is a optical illusion (Everyone see's colors a little differently). Depending on what your end medium is I would suggest testing (print it out or test on different monitors/screens - also grab a few friends for their opinions).

Trial and error would be my method starting with 2-3% increments.

Links:

Color in Context

Human Vision and Color Perception

EDIT:

My only other thought, come to me while in the shower is:

You could be to flip it into greyscale, so you see the tonal differences.

Again it is hard to nail anything down to a 100% accuracy because everything is a variable; the medium (print and screen), background color, foreground color, and personally perception on color.

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