You can apply various filters or adjust color tones on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to meet your needs.
Switch light colors to dark colors and vise versa with Inverted Colors. This is typically used to invert websites or apps that don't support Dark Mode
Learn how to add Smart and Clsssic Invert to the Accessibility shortcut menu for easy access here: About Accessibility Shortcut - iAccessAbility
You can apply filters to your screen such as grayscale, tint the display a color of your choosing, or adjust colors for color vision deficeiencies.
All of the following settings are located in Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size.
If you have a hard time distingquishing toggles and whether they are on or off, you can use On/Off Labels to add distinguishable icons on toggles.
Improves contrast by turnig transparent and blurred items solid to increase legibility. You can also enable Increase Contrast for more contrast.
Increases the contrast of items and text to increase legibility.
Adds labels on items differently that solely rely on color to convey information.
Used to differentiate colors for users who are color blind and aid users who have difficulty reading text on the display.
Filters you can apply: Grayscale, Red/Green, Green/Red, Blue/Yellow & Color Tint.
You can adjust the intensity on any of the filters with the slider at the bottom, but when Color Tint is selected, you can also adjust the hue.
The colored Pencils and color palettes displayed in Color Filters are to display a preview of what various colors look like under the filters you apply.
The Color Tint helps with blue light and bright colors in my opinion. I use Color Tint on the lowest intensity and max hue as well as True Tone® to soften my displays.
True Tone® is a feature on various Apple devices that uses advanced sensors to adjust the color and intensity of the display to match the ambient light in your surroundings so that the display appears more natural to the user.
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If you're sensitive to light and need to reduce the bright light from your scree, Reduce White Point will lower the intensity of bright colors. This feature is also helpful when wanting to lower the display brightness more than typically allowed.
If you don't like your device automatically adjusting the display brightness, you can disable auto-brightness.
This feature adjusts the display colors to the warmer end of the color spectrum.
Last updated: March 23, 2025
Reference the original support articles by Apple here:
Change Display Colors on iPhone to Make it Easier to see What's On-screen - Apple Support
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