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		manchmalscott on Feb 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Visual design rules you can safely follow If I open up word and print out something with a black font color on standard paper, that printed document won't have completely black ink on a completely white paper. Things that are 100% black and 100% white don't actually exist in the real world.

colonelspace on Feb 9, 2023 [–]

> Things that are 100% black and 100% white don't actually exist in the real world.

Notice that this also describes pixels on a display.

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