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This idea has been discussed in the past, but for several reasons switching the site to a light theme is harder than it sounds--many users use custom font colors that would be difficult to read on light backgrounds, etc.
have the CSS select colors that are particularly hard to read and change them to a color that is easy to read!
Which is exactly what I did in the user style I linked to above. It's still not a great solution though, since it's difficult to target colored text in CSS, every bright color in existence has to be manually reassigned for it to work in all circumstances, and sometimes darker versions of the same color don't look as nice.
I think it would depend a lot on the theme being used. For example, if the text background and overall color scheme wasn't pure white to begin with, you could possibly still use light-colored text, and darker colored text wouldn't necessarily clash as much.
The text color issue isn't the only challenge, though. We have several site mods (like the front-page article system for instance) that would need to be supported by a prospective light theme as well. If we found a light theme that fit the bill I'd be all for it, though!
Far from it! Just out of these 222 colors. They're the only ones posters can select.
I can do research on the closest-possible "one size fits all" background color, if you want.
If it helps any, I don't personally need any of those colors changed. As long as I can read the forums without hurting my eyes, I'm okay. That's where I would spend most of my time!
Some colors look bad on the dark theme, too, though. Some fonts colors are even really hard to read. I often use fonts that would look better on white but because it's a dark theme I can't use that color.
And if someone is using the Light theme and comes across a post that is pale in text color then they can either suffer through it or change the theme. it's not that hard of a thing to work around. Ultimately, it's up to that member to decide which pros and cons are important. For that I think people should have a choice.