How to make my display Grayscale?

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I want to reduce the saturation of my laptop monitor to the point that it is almost grayscale. That's the goal.

Intel and Asus don't have an answer. Asus Splendid and the intel graphics control panel can increase the saturation, but not lower it.

I would prefer a software solution, although I DIY'ed a vga grayscale adapter for my desktop.

I have an Asus UL30A with an Intel GMA 4500MHD. I know that the latest ATI cards, windotosh's and high end nvidia cards all support control panel desaturation.

Why? black and white makes me 3 times more productive. https://youtu.be/NUMa0QkPzns?t=2m50s

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '10 at 02:14

I found a way using an accessibility software. It isn't perfect, but this program: http://users.telenet.be/littlegems/MySoft/DesktopZoom/Index.html can be set to zoom 1000/1000 and has greyscale modes of 4,8,16,32,64,128,256 colors. It works on xp and Vista. Only issue is that occasionally, the color peeks through before the program greyscales it. The invert mode is very much like the high contrast theme.

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 09 '17 at 05:08

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Windows 10 go to:

Settings -> Personalisation

On the right hand side of windows, under 'Related Setting' -> High contrast settings -> Color Filters -> Chose a filter 'Grayscale'.

Short way:

Press Windows logo key+Ctrl+C to toggle the colour filter on or off.

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answered Oct 27 '17 at 10:15

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 06 '18 at 14:58

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The latest version of f.lux (https://justgetflux.com/) supports greyscale mode (Windows key + End is the shortcut key) on any version of Windows. Press the shortcut again and you're back to full color mode.

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Coder12345

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 02 '12 at 05:55

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If you have NVidia graphics, open NVidia control panel and set "Digital Vibrance" to 0% from here.

On my control panel for Nvidia Optimus so far I can't find any such setting. I can set Saturation to 0% for video content and that at least works for video playback (but not Flash content).

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answered Sep 27 '12 at 20:38

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score 4 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 03 '17 at 08:58

Use the NegativeScreen app. Best mode is the Negative Grayscale IMO, makes your screen very xeno, especially if you have a minimalist custom theme.

It has customizable color transformation matrices, so you can tweak the output as you need, e.g. besides getting the grayscale you can lower its contrast, produce inverted grayscale, etc.

It can be quickly activated/deactivated using a hotkey, so whenever you need to see real colors (e.g. when checking a color image or a photo), you can toggle it easily.

score 4 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

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Intel Graphics Users

Display > Intel Graphics > Graphics Properties > Basic Mode > Color Enhancement

Set saturation to -100.

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answered Mar 31 '15 at 09:30

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score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 02 '10 at 20:50

I am also interested in this solution, and I think that it could be done by using a color profile. Google for "Windows Color Management: Background and Resources" and you find "ICC profiles are used to communicate through the rest of the color management system to ensure that colors are represented accurately to users, regardless of the device used for display or printing. ICC profiles for devices offer great flexibility and control, and can be used to describe the unique color management capabilities of a particular device. To take advantage of ICC profiles in Windows, each device must have its ICC profile installed. This can occur automatically when the device is installed, or the user can use the Display Control Panel to associate a profile from the device manufacturer." This page: http://www.color.org/opensource.xalter allows you to find tools that can design those profiles that you can use in windows.

Good luck,

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:38

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If you have an Intel core, you can right-click the desktop, click "Graphics Properties...", go to Color Management, then turn the saturation down.

answered Jan 22 '13 at 17:38

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Feb 18 '13 at 09:44

If your video card properties has a saturation value you can set, and it can go all the way to zero, then just set it zero. Your screen will be instantly turned to grayscale! Not all video cards support this though, but a lot do these days. My machine has a low-end AMD 3D card (not to be confused with ATI), and it can even do it.

score -2 · Answer 10 · answered Apr 02 '16 at 14:44

If you have Windows 8 just right click go to graphics properties and turn everything to the minimum contrast,hue,saturation,brightness and it will become greyscale my 4 year old brother did that and gave us all a heartattack but we fixed it now haha

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