RE: emacs color White on Black setup question

[Drew Adams]

> sometimes, i want the background black. The problem is, you can't
> simply set background to black, you'll also need to change a bunch of
> default text colors.
> 
> is there a simple way to set background to black and other colors
> automatically set to readable?

I'm no expert on this but you might try either of these (they should do the same
thing):

* Customize face `default', setting `Inverse-video' to ON.

* `M-x set-face-inverse-video-p RET default RET t RET'