Force Windows to display in grayscale [duplicate]
Is there a way to force windows to display in monochrome(also known as grayscale)?
I'm working with a student who has ADHD (and I am mildly ADHD myself). The colors are too much for him/her to handle.
Solution 1:
I used this application http://arcanesanctum.net/negativescreen
It allows various alterations of the screen. Once started you can switch between these modes
- F1: standard inversion
- F2: smart inversion 1 – theoretical optimal transfomation (but ugly desaturated pure colors)
- F3: smart inversion 2 – high saturation, good pure colors
- F4: smart inversion 3 – overall desaturated, yellows and blues plain bad, actually relaxing and very usable
- F5: smart inversion 4 – high saturation, yellows and blues plain bad, actually quite readable
- F6: smart inversion 5 – not so readable, good colors. (CMY colors a bit desaturated, still more saturated than normal)
- F7: negative sepia
- F8: negative gray scale
- F9: negative red
- F10: red
- F11: grayscale
All modes can be altered, as they are color matrices saved in a config file. The same is true for the hotkeys.
Requires at least Windows 7 and Aero.
It does not alter applications like games and so.
Solution 2:
It depends on your video card, but if you can find the properties for the colour adjustments you can usually reduce the saturation. Depending on how far you go, you get black and white.
Solution 3:
Your best bet is to go into your monitor settings. If you're on a desktop however you may be able to adjust the monitor itself to only display in black in white, so check out your monitors settings. If you have a monitor manual that'd be helpful in your search, but if not it shouldn't be too much of a hassle to find the right setting.
And like Aboba said, your best bet is adjusting saturation.