well. hrm. my hunch is still that it comes from the next (default colors, high visibility colors on b/w and color, etc), but maybe not... has anyone actually considered just reaching out to tim berners-lee and just asking?
it's also pretty amazing when you think about it, what the next inspired...
carmack wrote doom on a next, berners-lee wrote the first web browser. a beautiful piece of engineering and craftsmanship inspired more beautiful pieces of engineering and craftsmanship that ultimately changed the world.