Why do we use bad color schemes?

Published on July 11, 2019 and filed under Software engineering
Written by Emma Fabre and will take

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In short

As developpers we've grown accustomed to color schemes in our terminals, our editors, our websites. But why do we love them and sometimes prefer some to others? Why do we sometimes use bad color schemes and what makes one?

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Written by

Emma Fabre

Emma is madewithlove's ‘French Connection’. She's one of the few software engineers that speaks French fluently, thanks to being born and raised in the land of berets and baguettes.

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