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Low Wattage Web Design - because white costs money.

I may well be doing some re-design soon based on this.

Comments

[jaq.livejournal.com]

I followed several links down to confirm that the thing about white using more energy is for CRT monitors, not LCD ones. I didn't notice if LCD monitors use more energy for any particular color, but it did say they are lower power overall anyway.

[purplecthulhu.livejournal.com]

I'd very much doubt they use more power for white. LCD monitors are backlit, so the light is there no matter what colour is being displayed.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

Indeed. LCDs will probably use fractionally (probably unmeasurably though) more power displaying black than white.

This is, frankly, bollocks. :-)

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Though, maybe it needs some accessibility types to have a look at it too.

[qadira.livejournal.com]

That's interesting, I hadn't even considered the difference in wattage used based on the color on the monitor. Definitely something to keep in mind whenever I do site alterations and whatnot, although my main reasons for preferring lighter background with darker text is that I can look at the screen longer before getting migraines than if I'm reading light text on dark backgrounds. Yellow on black is particularly evil.