Windows 3.1 included a red and yellow 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme so garish it was long assumed to be a joke, so I tracked down Microsoft's original UI designer to get the true story
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What I found interesting was the rationale behind the 16 available colors. Black and white, RGB, CMY, gray, and dark versions of each outside of B&W. Makes so much sense, but I never thought of it that way.
What is CMY?
Cyan Magenta Yellow?
Looks better than windows 11
Garish yes, but it was great for color-blind people.
As a color blind person, it’s not.
Ah, my sympathies then.
I dunno, I think some of these look pretty good. (via https://www.color-blindness.com/coblis-color-blindness-simulator/)
I used the black and white one in college.
My laptop screen was only black and white.
It also had a clip-on trackball as a mouse.
As a colour blind person, I'm pretty sure I used this for a while.