More efficient e-learning through design: color of text and background

Background: The area of research aimed for a more efficient e-learning is slowly widening from purely technical to the areas of psychology, didactics and methodology. The question is whether the text or background color influence the efficiency of memory, i.e. learning. If the answer to that question is positive, then another question arises which combination of colors is more efficient, and which one may make the learning more difficult. This article presents results of a study on that subject. Purpose: The basic idea of the study is to examine whether there is a difference in memorizing text in study subjects of the experimental and control group if the only variable tested is a different combination of font color and background color. The study is divided into several phases. In the first phase, a selection of texts was made, in the second memory tests of the control group were performed, in the third, a selection was made of text and background colors, while in the fourth phase memory tests were conducted in the experimental group. Following the testing, data analyses were conducted by a single analyst