From the letters to the editor in a recent issue of “2600”:

We used to subscribe to Wired Magazine, but their direction changed. Aside from the content of their articles, their pages became too colorful and hard to read.

So they stopped in, what, 1994?

To the younguns amongst us, Wired was (in)famous for running print articles in color schemes like neon yellow on day-glo pink. Yes, it was fun and cool to read. Yes, it was sometimes nearly impossible to focus on the page.