Vivid or Calm?

Calm for me, every time. I wondered at first who on earth would choose vivid but you’ve answered that very well! The site designers know their stuff. Makes sense that over and under stimulation would be present across the community 

P.s. your hypothetical grey/beige world sounds nice to me. Restful. It’s not that i wouldn’t miss the other colours after a while but what an eye bath that would be! 

Genuinely shocked that I’m the first non-vivid person. I’d have sworn we’d mostly be in the ‘nothing too bright’ range. Now I feel like a weirdo! But only a bit. The option wouldn’t exist just for me after all 

i always keep night light on in my PC as well, and it kicks in on my phone at 9 pm 

Sporadic Sparkly said:

if I'm watching TV when it's dark, I cannot stand to have any lights on in my lounge.

I'm the opposite, because the screen can vary too much in brightness. My Dad was showing us some fireworks and put the lights off, that was fine, but the youtube channel had chosen a bright white transition which made me flinch every time and I had to look away! Not a fan of bright light right in my eyes or if they are adjusted to the dark, like undipped headlights.

Shardovan said:

Who does that?!

Me! I might sometimes prefer a dimmer side light but we moved that to a different room. I don't mind the main light being on, but can't cope with no light but the screen. Also I sometimes crochet in the ad breaks or if the thing is mostly talking.

Thank goodness! 

Don't worry you're not a weirdo   I'm as genuinely shocked as you that I'm not in the minority.

Same! I can’t watch gogglebox even because it drives me insane that they keep the big light on. Who does that?! 

a very low wattage soft lamp is ok 

You would certainly have sensory overload then if you were sat in front of my PC Shardovan. I have an LED strip light that clips onto the top of my monitor, with adjustable settings. The light is as bright as it can possibly be.

On the flip side of the coin, if I'm watching TV when it's dark, I cannot stand to have any lights on in my lounge.

You would certainly have sensory overload then if you were sat in front of my PC Shardovan. I have an LED strip light that clips onto the top of my monitor, with adjustable settings. The light is as bright as it can possibly be.

On the flip side of the coin, if I'm watching TV when it's dark, I cannot stand to have any lights on in my lounge.

Sporadic Sparkly said:

if I'm watching TV when it's dark, I cannot stand to have any lights on in my lounge.

I'm the opposite, because the screen can vary too much in brightness. My Dad was showing us some fireworks and put the lights off, that was fine, but the youtube channel had chosen a bright white transition which made me flinch every time and I had to look away! Not a fan of bright light right in my eyes or if they are adjusted to the dark, like undipped headlights.

Shardovan said:

Who does that?!

Me! I might sometimes prefer a dimmer side light but we moved that to a different room. I don't mind the main light being on, but can't cope with no light but the screen. Also I sometimes crochet in the ad breaks or if the thing is mostly talking.

Same! I can’t watch gogglebox even because it drives me insane that they keep the big light on. Who does that?! 

a very low wattage soft lamp is ok