From: gay@sfuu.ca   
      
   Babbage explored (in the paper & ink era!) many of the issues raised in   
   the Dark Mode thread. There is a book of mathematical tables in the   
   Science Museum in London, which he had printed with varying type   
   colours on varying paper colours. His objective was to see what   
   combination was most reliably readable. I don't remember his   
   conclusion, and unfortunately I haven't been able to find an image   
   online.   
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