How can I invert all the display colors in Windows Vista?

How can I invert all the screen display colors in Windows Vista?

The majority of my screen is white and I would prefer it the other way round.

The closest I could get is using High Contrast [Left-Alt + Left Shift + PrntScrn], but it doesn't quite work how I expect; the Windows features are mostly made black, but for example web pages still load in their original color, which again, is mostly white.

Is there a way I can just make the colors invert on the whole screen on a laptop?

Solution 1:

PowerStrip is the solution (not free though)

Right click the PowerStrip tray icon and select Color > Configure.

Check the Invert Gamma Ramp (negative image) box. If Write Directly to Palette DAC is not enabled, check that as well.

Optional: tweak the brightness, contrast, gamma, and temperature of the global colors or of the different components.

Solution 2:

I recently asked myself the same question: "how can I invert my screen's colors easily" (on Windows 7) and I was so disappointed to find there was no solution except the Magnifier trick, that I developed my own.

NegativeScreen is a simple but complete program written in C# (sources open).

You can try it out here.