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Accessibility - vision

Color Filters

Most people call this tinting the screen for colour vision.

Colour Filters adjusts the display for colour vision differences, or tints the whole screen a single colour.

Available

This setting is present on your iPhone.

  • We have this path on file but have not yet confirmed it against an official source.

Where to find it - iOS 13 and later

  1. Settings
  2. Accessibility
  3. Display & Text Size
  4. Color Filters

What it does

It offers greyscale, red and green filters, blue and yellow filters, and a colour tint with adjustable hue and intensity. A preview strip lets you check the effect.

What changes

When it is on

The whole display is filtered, including photos and video.

When it is off

Normal colour returns.

Should you turn it on?

Good reasons to turn it on

  • Colour coded charts and games become readable.
  • Greyscale reduces the pull of a colourful Home Screen.
  • A warm tint can be more comfortable than Night Shift alone.

Good reasons to turn it off

  • Photos and video are shown in the wrong colours.
  • It is easy to forget it is on and blame the display hardware.

Battery

No real change

Privacy

No real change

Performance

No real change

Cellular data

No real change

Storage

No real change

Out of the box: Off.

Questions people actually ask

Why is my iPhone screen black and white?
A greyscale Colour Filter is on, usually enabled accidentally by a triple click of the side button.
How do I make my phone greyscale?
Accessibility, then Display and Text Size, then Colour Filters, then Greyscale.

If it is not working

  • If your screen has gone black and white, this is the first place to look.
  • Add it to the Accessibility Shortcut for quick toggling.
  • It is applied after Night Shift and True Tone, so effects stack.

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