But if you’re sensitive to light and reading from black and white gives you trouble, there’s a good chance you have it.

Customization in Windows 10 still has a long way to go. Less options everywhere and it get worse with each new big updates, and so we get annoyances like eye strain issue.

If you want to change the color of (or put an image on) your desktop: Right-click on your desktop, from the drop-down menu select Personalize to open PERSONALIZATION window. For those sensitive to flicker that might not be such a good idea, because many/most monitors use pulse width modulation (PWM) – i.e. Light Bokeh Shining. Establishing tints, tones, and shades. You should still be able to customize your appearance (I can with Iris in Windows 7). High-Contrast themes are a good one but it screws up many elements of the global interface. I upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 and kept everything else as before: Hence, the only thing that changed was the operating system, yet my vision and visual stress deteriorated quickly and significantly: Downgrading to Windows 7. But you need Windows 7 to create the theme, save it for sharing and then open/install it in Windows 10. Change ). Losing info (elements invisibility) with color changes is one of the biggest problems of changing colors. Image Size: 0 X 0 Pixels. In the window that appears, name the new theme and click Save. main body of text, hyperlinks, etc. Thanks! Similar to the overlay method background blend method is not typical background image and color technique but background-blend-mode is an advanced method of blending images and color or blending multiple images. So far, the only option that seems to work for me is using the Windows Magnifier and inverting the colors. And let us know if you managed to make it work for you! They only began with my current HP Pavilion laptop bought two years ago. . I noticed a couple of issues that must be associated with eye strain: I find it difficult to believe there is nothing else to it!? Short instructions: Right click on desktop – Personalize – Window Color – Items (select each item and change background and text colors). The intention of this post is to enable you to change the color of all the fields displayed by your Windows 10 screen (there will always be exceptions – icons, images, etc.

I can’t live with this color mess I made…..Thanks again ever so much! FoggyEyes, thanks for your comments. Astronomy Bright. Ps: If you found the post How to change text and background color: Windows 10 update useful, please consider LIKING, REBLOGGING, and/or SHARING it below. Click the Add to Chrome button. How to use f.lux software in a dark setting. Room with concrete floor and smoke with light from spotlights, background, Mock up stage with blue spotlight. The advantage of UXStyle is that he is updates-compliant. Is it because your instructions are only for Win 7? Whit backgrounds on my on-screen documents have given me trouble for ages and a simple “Control Color” solved the problem. Firstly, try a Google Chrome extension called Care For Your Eyes Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

To restore the default settings find the Windows theme you want (in the Personalization window) and click on it. ( Log Out /  Just write a comment below – it will help everyone else with this problem – I am sure you are not alone with this problem. Too lazy ? Windows and most other MS applications, namely Word, Excel, etc. Hey, Kofifus, this WhiteBuster looks great! Best!

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors.

When you find the light almost changes to a cool shape you like, click the "Pause & Save" button to pause the animation. If you continue reading black-on-white text your eyes will quickly strain. Fantastic. You may use Windows background and text colors, in which case you want to have Use Windows checked.

Blue Ray Lights. If you use Anniversary Update or LTSB 2016 (they are the same base), you can install the UXSTYLE software ( http://uxstyle.com/ , require VC++ 2013/2015) and I use this theme :
In the Text and Background section you can either check the box Use system colors to have Firefox change text and background color in line with your chosen Windows theme (see section 1 above).

There are plenty of good color contrast testing tools available on the web. omg SOOO much better. WhiteBuster converts white surfaces in your Chrome browser to one of 15 pre-set off-white colors.