For
visibility and legibility, the human eye requires that there be a distinct
contrast between overlapping colors. Also, choosing colors with good
contrast will help add visual interest and better deliver your message. If
your colors are too close in value they will tent to blur together. On the
other hand, if your colors are too contrasting (i.e. complementary colors),
they will "vibrate" and become very hard to read.
Take a look at the chart
below to notice how different colors work against each other. Also notice
how colors can look differently all together on different backgrounds.
Below are 14
color combinations that provide the most contrast (ordered from greatest to
least) that will provide the best legibility without being distracting.
