# Sites with Black Background

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sites-with-black-background/269878>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [September 2, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sites-with-black-background/269878 "2008-09-02T18:29:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sites-with-black-background/269878/1 "2008-09-02T18:29:35Z")

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Do you know why all the big web _2.0/social_ websites have the traditional black text on white and most _portfolio/game/advertisement_ sites have white text on black? There must be some scientific study behind it saying that sites with a lot white text on black is hard to read… right? :h:

Is it feasible to make a big site that has white text on black? After checking out [http://abduzeedo.com/web-design-black-layouts](http://abduzeedo.com/web-design-black-layouts) , I was thinking that a black website would freshen up the arena which is dominated by white sites.

![](http://www.abduzeedo.com/files/paulo/black/11.jpg)