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Alma / Rapido �“Dark Mode” :

Unofficial Options

Dev Singer, Brandeis University

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Who am I?

Resource Sharing Coordinator - Borrowing at Brandeis University

Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, on the ancestral lands of the Massachusett and Pawtucket people

Rapido user
Post-head injury
Dependent on dark mode

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Do we get it or not? �That is the question.

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We still don’t have it.

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Chromebook: Settings

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Chromebook: Color Inversion

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Chromebook: Color Inversion

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MacBook: Settings

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Macbook: Classic Invert

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Macbook: Classic Invert

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Macbook: Smart Invert

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Macbook: Smart Invert in Safari

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Windows: Color Filters

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Windows: Invert

Windows keeps their dark mode versions under “Color Filters,” which can be found under “Accessibility.” Honestly, I just open setting and search for it. Invert is Windows’ version of Dark Mode. It affects your entire systems, so if you’ve customized your taskbar, your Gmail background, or anything else to be black that will turn white when you use invert. It does what it says – inverts any color to its opposite on the color wheel. I don’t recommend keeping it on during Zoom meeting, because everyone is going to look REALLY weird. If you’re looking at a computer that has essentially default settings and you want to make it accessible for a student worker, this is probably your best bet. It’s easy and it doesn’t involve installing anything extra. For me and my post-concussion brain, that teal and the white sidebar were a bit too much.

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Windows: Greyscale Invert

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Windows: Contrast Themes

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Windows Contrast Theme: Aquatic

Windows keeps their dark mode versions under “Color Filters,” which can be found under “Accessibility.” Honestly, I just open setting and search for it. Invert is Windows’ version of Dark Mode. It affects your entire systems, so if you’ve customized your taskbar, your Gmail background, or anything else to be black that will turn white when you use invert. It does what it says – inverts any color to its opposite on the color wheel. I don’t recommend keeping it on during Zoom meeting, because everyone is going to look REALLY weird. If you’re looking at a computer that has essentially default settings and you want to make it accessible for a student worker, this is probably your best bet. It’s easy and it doesn’t involve installing anything extra. For me and my post-concussion brain, that teal and the white sidebar were a bit too much.

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Windows Contrast Theme: Night Sky

Windows keeps their dark mode versions under “Color Filters,” which can be found under “Accessibility.” Honestly, I just open setting and search for it. Invert is Windows’ version of Dark Mode. It affects your entire systems, so if you’ve customized your taskbar, your Gmail background, or anything else to be black that will turn white when you use invert. It does what it says – inverts any color to its opposite on the color wheel. I don’t recommend keeping it on during Zoom meeting, because everyone is going to look REALLY weird. If you’re looking at a computer that has essentially default settings and you want to make it accessible for a student worker, this is probably your best bet. It’s easy and it doesn’t involve installing anything extra. For me and my post-concussion brain, that teal and the white sidebar were a bit too much.

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Windows Contrast Theme: Dusk

Windows keeps their dark mode versions under “Color Filters,” which can be found under “Accessibility.” Honestly, I just open setting and search for it. Invert is Windows’ version of Dark Mode. It affects your entire systems, so if you’ve customized your taskbar, your Gmail background, or anything else to be black that will turn white when you use invert. It does what it says – inverts any color to its opposite on the color wheel. I don’t recommend keeping it on during Zoom meeting, because everyone is going to look REALLY weird. If you’re looking at a computer that has essentially default settings and you want to make it accessible for a student worker, this is probably your best bet. It’s easy and it doesn’t involve installing anything extra. For me and my post-concussion brain, that teal and the white sidebar were a bit too much.

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Dark Reader Extension

Dark Reader is an extension for multiple web browsers, though I’ve only used it with Chrome and Firefox. They request a one-time payment of $10 for individuals or a yearly payment of $20 for organizations, but if you don’t have the money you can use it for free. Dark Reader only works with your browser, so if you want the rest of your computer to be dark, you’ll have to change everything else separately. However, it is the option I’ve found most useful for myself personally. Dark Reader manages to seek the white background and make it dark, without also flipping anything already dark to light colors. It leaves images and other colors on the screen alone, so Rapido’s native color indicators remain as intended. You can also change the brightness and contrast settings, though I haven’t played with those.

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Dark Reader Extension

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Questions? Alternatives?