Your terminal's background colour?

[oops]

White usually and xcalib -a -i when I'm sleepy.

 

[Juanitou]

Background: #131313
Foreground: #C8C8C8

 

[schrodinger]

My background is "Navajo White"

Too many hours exploring xcolsel

 

[trh411]

According to Computer Eye Strain: 10 Steps for Relief, black text on a white background incurs less strain on the eyes than light text on a dark background. A few other articles supported this position. I could not find any articles that took the opposite position.

But hey, it's the Internet. Let the reader beware.

 

[ChalkBored]

Black text on a light background helps when you're working in brightly lit rooms.
If you followed the other steps in the article, the white screen becomes annoyingly bright and hard on the eyes.

Even if you do go with light backgrounds, you'll probably want something less harsh than pure white.

 

[arp242]

If you followed the other steps in the article, the white screen becomes annoyingly bright and hard on the eyes.

Lower your screen's brightness & contrast. I have mine set to about 40-50 during the day, and ~20-25 when it's dark.