Abstract There’s a fairly ‘old’ post from 2012, Design Tip: Never Use Black by Ian Storm Taylor, that seems to have a longstanding foothold in today’s visual design—namely with the developers who are looking for advice since they’ve not much training in the topic. This post rightfully points out that in the real world shadows, dark regions are rarely #000000 black. However admist what could be height of ‘dark theme’ usage, I want to shed light on the whens & whys one would cho...
