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    Very slightly increase text contrast for the default Breeze color scheme · 04dac01c
    Nathaniel Graham authored
    Summary:
    BUG: 381288
    
    For active elements, use Shade Black instead of Charcoal Grey and Paper White instead of Cardboard Grey. This slightly increases contrast and makes text easier to read.
    
    Test Plan:
    Insufficient text contrast has been noted in reviews of Plasma, for example http://www.ocsmag.com/2017/10/18/plasma-5-11-keep-the-momentum-going/
    
    > However, font color and contrast are in need of an improvement. I had to change the theme and set the text color to pure black, and this provides an immediate ergonomic boost and helps reduce the strain on the eyes. I really don’t understand why distros don’t use simple black color for fonts. Everything else is configurable but the text should be crystal clear.
    
    Pure black has a few disadvantages, since some people find pure black on pure white to be blinding. So I changed the gray text to a darker gray, but it's not solid black, so there is still never a solid-black-on-pure-white situation.
    
    Compare old vs new and look at the text and tooltips:
    
    Before:
    {F5456910}
    
    After:
    {F5456911}
    
    Before:
    {F5456920}
    
    After:
    {F5456922}
    
    IMHO the second ones are clearer and less muddy, and therefore **easier** on the eyes, not harder.
    
    Reviewers: hpereiradacosta, jensreuterberg, jriddell, kvermette, #vdg, abetts
    
    Reviewed By: #vdg, abetts
    
    Subscribers: subdiff, abetts, januz, progwolff, broulik, sebas, plasma-devel
    
    Tags: #plasma, #breeze
    
    Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D7424
    04dac01c