Change display colors on Mac to make it easier to see what’s onscreen
To make it easier to see what’s on the screen of your Mac, you can invert display colors, make transparent items solid, and modify display colors with color filters.
Invert colors
You can invert display colors to make it easier to read text. This can be especially useful in apps and websites that don’t support Dark Mode. To use Dark Mode on your Mac, see Use a light or dark appearance.
Choose Apple menu
in the sidebar, then click Display on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)Turn on “Invert colors.”
Note: If you turn on Night Shift or color filters (except Grayscale), “Invert colors” is automatically turned off.
Choose a mode for inverting colors:
Smart: Invert colors everywhere except images.
Classic: Invert colors everywhere.
Make transparent items solid
Some windows and areas of the desktop, such as the Dock and menu bar, appear transparent by default. You can turn these transparent areas a solid gray to make it easier to distinguish them from the background.
Choose Apple menu
Turn on “Reduce transparency.”
Differentiate or tone down colors
You can apply a filter to view the entire screen in grayscale, adjust colors for color vision deficiencies, or tint the screen a color of your choosing.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Go to Color Filters, then turn on “Color filters.”
The pencils reflect how the filter affects a range of colors.
Note: If you turn on Night Shift or invert colors, color filters are automatically turned off (except Grayscale).
Click the “Filter type” pop-up menu, then choose a filter.
For most filters, you can adjust the intensity by dragging the Intensity slider.
If you choose Color Tint, click the color well to choose the color of the tint.
Note: Color filters can change the look of images and videos.
To quickly turn Invert Colors, Reduce Transparency, or Color Filters on or off using the Accessibility Shortcuts panel, press Option-Command-F5 (or if your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, quickly press Touch ID three times).
You can also have display colors become warmer as it gets dark out. See Use Night Shift.