Matlab Tip: Change the color-scheme to be easier on your eyes
Posted on February 8, 2013 by mrsoltys Screen Shot 2013-02-08 at 1.01.07 PMHey Matlab users, here's a quick tip that I hope is helpful. If you stare at MATLAB for long hours, espically late at night, then changing your color scheme is a quick an easy way to reduce eye strain (and maybe help you sleep better).
Our eyes never evolved to stare at a bright white light all day, and research shows that looking at bright light before going to bed is bad for sleep.
Screen Shot 2013-02-12 at 3.37.59 PMJust head to "Matlab-> Preferences" and select the colors menu to get started! I prefer a green text on a dark background, but even a sepia background will be easier on the eyes than Bright White. A great scheme is called "Solarized" which you can set MATLAB to match. It offers a warm look that looks great with dark or light backgrounds. A great thing about this theme is when switching from Dark to Light backgrounds, you don't need to change any of the