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This is actually very neat, my phone is already setup with grayscale and triple tap to turn on red light filter so I’m exited to add that! Little plug since we’re in the topic of dumb phones etc, I have a completely free and non-creepy iPhone app launcher for folks who are into that: - https://sxp.studio/apps/applist (The app catalog is also open source)
I'd love to see more attention given to what I've called "red mode". It's a colour filter that, well, makes the screen red. It's AMAZING for reading at night. Not bright, renders text clearly, amazing on the eyes. I'd also like to see an eInk phone take off, but this is more doable. Reduce White Point is also great for reducing max brightness and preserving eye health
My addiction isn’t the phone, it’s the computer, Youtube specifically. And I can’t use greyscale due to creative Photoshop work. Kingdom to whomever solves my problem.
1. Press Windows Key + U to open the Accessibility/Ease of Access menu.
2. Click on Color filters on the left pane.
3. Toggle the Turn on color filters switch to On.
4. Select Grayscale from the list of options. (should be preselected by default)
5. Now you can switch on/off greyscale mode anywhere with Windows key+Ctrl+C shortcut.
1. Press Windows Key + U to open the Accessibility/Ease of Access menu.
2. Click on Color filters on the left pane.
3. Toggle the Turn on color filters switch to On.
4. Select Grayscale from the list of options. (should be preselected by default)
5. Now you can switch on/off greyscale mode anywhere with Windows key+Ctrl+C shortcut.
My addiction isn’t the phone, it’s the computer, Youtube specifically. And I can’t use greyscale due to creative Photoshop work. Kingdom to whomever solves my problem.
Get yourself a greyscale browser filter so photoshop isn't affected. This is the first result I got; I'm sure there are better ones https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/grayscale-screen/mc...
Does running greyscale help with energy conservation?
If it makes you use your device less, then you do save energy a bit.
Does running greyscale help with energy conservation?
Does running greyscale help with energy conservation?
Probably not. OLED screens use less energy the more absolute dark pixel in the screen, and darker anything (can be greyscale or color) consume somewhat less than brighter anything, but greyscale on its own usually don't change how much absolute dark and darker pixels being displayed, unless you also tweak the brightness. Usually, the color filter is applied at the end of the process, so the GPU don't get to skip any…
This is such a clever way to automate so that the setup actually works. I just set it up, and wonder why the author didn’t set it up to trigger grayscale on app opening. I noticed that app switching also isn’t considered closing an app, so it seems most reliable to trigger on app open as well as close
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I don't know of any way to control the setting automatically (sometimes there are special-permission non-standard/undocumented intents for settings though), but as a maybe-close-enough you can turn on grayscale color correction (in accessibility -> color & motion, in my phone) and add a quick-settings tile to toggle it.
I'm on a Pixel 10 for these instructions, not sure if other manufacturers offer the same options. Modes is an available option in the tile list. You can go to Modes, create a custom mode, and under display options you can set greyscale. You can also set modes to turn on automatically based on calendar events or a schedule. Notification tweaks are also available in the same area.
Having it in the tile list makes it super easy - make sure the Modes tile is near the top, so it becomes a single swipe to switch it on and off.
But app contrast is generally better on Android than on iOS (in particular, Google Maps is perfectly usable in greyscale on Android) so you might find you don't need to switch it as often as you might think.