Effects of IDE/Text-Editor Color Settings on our Eyes [closed]

Answer 1

My schemes are as follows:

Background : White
Text       : Black (keywords are blue)
Classes    : Olive Green (Bold if applicable)
Macros     : Maroon 
Interfaces : Olive Green
Method     : Cadet Blue
Strings Literals : Pure red

You should stick to the existing scheme mate, just change Background from Black to white because white background-black letters are better than black background-white letter combination.

Answer 2

Here's a 9 page pdf summary.

The Effects of Computer Use on Eye Health and Vision

The color of computer screen characters may also affect their ease of visibility. The color of the characters can affect how the eyes focus on the screen and may bring about the development of harmless, but annoying, after-images for some individuals. Monochrome, or single color, displays often provide more legible images for word processing or data entry/acquisition tasks. Negative contrast computer displays (dark letters on a light background) generally provide a more legible image than positive contrast displays (light letters on a dark background). Either black characters on a white background or white characters on a black background have been found to be more visible than green, yellow-orange, blue or red characters. 20

The summary consists of a lot of hand-waving, but the sources used to create the summary might have some recommendations based on research,