Questions tagged [color]
The digital display of colors, and the accurate calibration thereof
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OS X Color Picker: Removing a Colour Swatch
I am running OS X El Capitan, and any solutions I have found are out of date.
I can add a colour to my swatch drawer by dragging it. However, how do I remove a colour?
All the articles I have read ...
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In Preview, how do I change certain text color to a different color on a PDF?
I'm using Mac Big Sur and I would like to change the certain selected text color on my PDF to a different color. I like Preview because it is a free application (open to other free applications). I ...
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How to change the color of the top menu bar on Monterrey to light gray?
I just upgraded my mac from Big Sur to Monterey and the color of the top bar changed from gray to this color:
I went to system preferences->Accessibility->Display and checked "Reduce ...
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Night Shift makes display colder before making it warmer
I have Night Shift set to enable at a custom time (the automatic "Sunset to Sunrise" option enabled too early for my taste). When Night Shift enables, the display dims and gets a lot cooler (...
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Mac Preview app: Background color in full screen mode
The macOS Preview app has the option to change the background color (the one behind, say, a pdf file).
However, in fullscreen mode it seems that the background color remains unchanged.
Is this a bug? ...
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2023—Keynote 13.0—how to change background texture's color?
I'm trying to change the color of the background linen texture on Keynote Master Slides from olive green to the dusty blue seen here:
I was able to change the background color on the plain slides, as ...
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Change the dock color via the command line?
I'm using BigSur 11.7.5.
I want to be able to change the color of the dock solely by means of a command-line utility. This way, I can programmatically change the dock's color in response to certain ...
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Mac Mail: How To Remove Message Color in Inbox List
hoping this can be an updated or part 2 of macOS Mail: How to remove background color of a message in message list?
using Ventura 13.3 and looking for a way to reset the color of messages that i added ...
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Unable to change window background color in Preview
I am unable to change the window background color in macOS Preview (macOS Monterey Version 12.6.3)
It used to work but now it does not. The window background color is stuck on black. When I click on ...
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Set macOS wallpaper without re-encoding image
I have a PNG gradient with the same resolution as my screen, 3072 × 1920, and 16-bit color, which renders without banding when viewed full-screen using Preview, but becomes banded when set as the ...
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Easy way to take a screen shot that's NOT color corrected?
My displays are color calibrated every other month or so with a hardware calibration tool. When I take a screen shot of a profile aware app, such as photoshop or lightroom or some web browsers, I don'...
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External display will not achieve full brightness?
My external display (HP 27f 4k) will not achieve full brightness when connected to my M1 MacBook Pro (2020, 13", Ventura 13.2) via the official Apple USB-C HDMI adapter.
The display's brightness ...
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Sort Numbers COLOURED ROWS
I know you can sort columns by their color, but how do you sort ROWS by their colors in Numbers?
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
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Occasional low contrast on external display when waking MacBook Pro from sleep
I've been using the LG 43UN700-B for a few weeks now. It's connected to a 16" MacBook Pro (running 10.15.5) for power and video via the USB-C cable that came with the display.
Right from the start, I'...
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Ventura upgrade causes causes color problems with external display
I've been using my MacBook with an external display attached. Typically, I use it with the laptop closed, and the display on.
After upgrading to Ventura, I noticed something off about my external ...
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How to make iTerm2 colorful?
I have been trying to get my iterm2 terminal colorful, but I am having very little success. I tried adding the following to my .bash_profile
# Set CLICOLOR if you want Ansi Colors in iTerm2
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How do I make macOS remember projector color settings?
I'm fighting with macOS over Epson EH-TW450 projector color settings.
When I go to Settings → Displays → Display Settings → Colour Profile → Projector..., I get a nice panel for adjusting the ...
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Second external display to be connected always has washed out colours
I have a 14inch 2021 Macbook Pro M1 Max. I've attached 2 external displays (2x LG Ultragear 27GP850) via the anker thunderbolt 4 mini-dock connected with a thunderbolt 4 cable to my mac, and USB C to ...
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Sidecar Colour Calibration
When I use sidecar on an iPad, I notice that the colour might need calibrating. However, in MacOS settings, I do not see the option to choose a colour profile.
Is there a way of adjusting the colour ...
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Trouble with Custom Mouse Pointer Colors and Transparency / Mouse Over text
I use a giant cursor, and have it rendered as yellow outlined by red. Yeah, my vision is bad enough that I really LOVE those features! (size and color of mouse pointer)
However, when I encounter ...
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How to save a black & white photo as a color photo with Preview App
I open a black & white photo (.jpg) with Preview App (Version 10.1):
Then i copy and paste a colored icon:
But after saving the picture and open it again the color is missing:
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How can I get macOS to tell me what chroma sampling or subsampling is being used on an external display on an M1 mac?
After receiving my MacBookPro18,4 (i.e. MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)) with an M1 Max chip and seeing the ProMotion display, I was hooked on high (>60Hz) refresh rates, and treated myself to a LG ...
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monitor calibration
I'm trying to run the display/color calibration utility on my 2018 MacMini for a Dell U2415 monitor (I've also trued this with my BenQ PD2700Q with almost identical results) connected via DP and ...
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iCal iPhone change Exchange calendar color
First of all I want ask you how I can change my Exchange Calendar colors to a non-default color.
If I click Calendars in iCal on my iPhone, I get a list of all Calendars. If I click on the blue/white ...
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What colour is this “gold” Apple Watch?
I previously bought my wife a Gold iPhone 11 and for her birthday this year, I bought her a Gold Apple Watch Series 6. When it arrive, the order clearly stated 40mm Apple Watch Series 6 Aluminium in ...
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Adding color pickers to macOS Ventura
I am migrating from an older iMac to a new Mac Mini. One thing I would like to include are the third party colour pickers to ~/Library/ColorPickers.
I have copied the colour picker packages, but I can’...
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Preview.app print dialog missing Quality and Color vs Black & White?
I just upgraded to macOS Ventura and now the Preview.app doesn't seem to have a Print Quality option or a Color vs Black & White option when I'm printing from Preview.
The only weird thing I ...
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Colorsync Utility calculator picks colors only from Desktop background
I'm trying to use ColorSync Utility calculator on macOS Big Sur 11.6.5. And it doesn't work. I cannot pick a correct color. The color picker looks through any application windows disregarding them and ...
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Changing Cursor (NOT pointer) Color in Pages
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Blinking is fine, I want only to make the cursor more visible. I do not care if that is done by making it larger or changing the color, I just need to be able to see it when ...
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Can I configure terminal to show stderr output in different colour
Is it possible to configure the terminal in OS X to show stderr output automatically in a different colour than stdout output from a process?
Or is this only possible if the process is outputting ...
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Some colours on my MacBook Air are overly saturated
Some colors of my (original) MacBook Air (2015) integrated display are overly saturated when playing a video in full screen. This occurs on very specific conditions (or maybe the issue is simply ...
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How to perfectly match Apple Watch's Orange watch face gradient on the iPhone Lock Screen?
With the release of WatchOS 9 and iOS 16, we now have gradient colors for watch faces and the ability to further customize iPhone lock screens as well.
This is what the face gallery preview indicates:
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How to change one color to another in iMovie?
I just started using iMovie on Mac for the first time. I've imported a single clip of a video I filmed of trees with sky above them. I applied a comic style filter, and now there is solid white around ...
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Quicklook default rendering for Raw files in Monterey
As you know, when you are in the Finder, you can select a picture file then press the space bar and be presented by the image in full detail. This is the Quicklook functionality.
Prior to Monterey, on ...
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New iTerm2 windows have the wrong colors
My current iTerm2 window (which I've likely been reusing for months/years) has the color theme set just the way I like it. However when I open a new window or tab the colors are all a bit off (but new ...
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Which exact color space is "RGB" in MacOS Finder's "Get Info"?
In MacOS Finder, if I Right Click > Get Info on an image – in this case a .PNG file – I see that it says Color Space: RGB.
When Finder says "RGB", which exact color space specification ...
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Original "default" background color for Preview windows?
I am used to viewing and reading documents on Preview in the usual gray background color.
However, I recently changed the color to black (I was trying dark mode). And when I try to reset the ...
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How to change the frame color in Keynote
In Keynote, when adding a frame stroke, it is possible to change the background color.
However I am not seeing any way to change the actual color of the frame border (which always stays white).
Any ...
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How to change the background colour of the flip transition in Keynote?
When I try to use transition in Keynote, the slide default color keynote transit to or the slide in the background of transition is always black:
Can I change this color?
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How do I change the color of hidden files in MacOS Finder?
In Monterey (and probably earlier MacOS versions) the Finder displays hidden files - and files which are on cloud storage but not downloaded – in light gray.
(That ⌘⇧. shortcut isn't well-publicized, ...
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Globally change colors in Pages document
I need to experiment with various color schemes for a pages document. I want to find all instances of a certain color and change it to something else. I am using various color in table cell ...
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How do I cover up the color of my macbook?
I have recently gotten a "old" macbook 12" (from 2018) from a family member, unfortunately the color is rose gold. It doesn't look that bad, but I would prefer a darker/space grey color....
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Using a MacBook Air outsde ☀️ with "Inverted Screen Colors"
I occasionally sit in the garden, under a parasol, and am in very long and boring Teams meetings.
I did a web search on how to see the screen better and found a tip
Working Outside on Your MacBook ...
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External monitor shows colors not right
I got a new extra-wide display. Unfortunately, my MacBook is not right configured to the monitor. The colors on it seem too bright, lacking contrast and color. I made sure that the issue is my MacBook ...
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How do I determine external monitor color bit depth (8 vs 10) in macOS 12 / Monterey?
The framebuffer depth statement is gone from "System Report". I can scan through the output of system_profiler and find the section for my external display where it says "ColorElements&...
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Is there a way to color parts of the man pages on the terminal?
I would like to color some parts of the output of the command man, specifically I would like to be able to change the color of the most important things, for example the options or the first ...
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How to change the color of the white across all applications?
With the advent of Dark Appearance (System Preferences, General) macOS became more pleasant to use on a dark room. Since Dark Appearance turns dark (or darker) many parts which used to be white (or ...
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Turning on "Increase contrast" reduces contrast of tag and window button colors (Big Sur/Monterey)
I recently upgraded a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) I use at work from macOS Catalina 10.15.7 to Monterey 12.3.1.
I have "Increase contrast" enabled (under System Preferences > ...
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Where is the folder with color schemes used by vim?
I use vi on mac os x at work and on Ubuntu at home. I like the colorscheme vim uses on the mac and I'd like to copy the corresponding file on ubuntu, but I can't find it, since there's no ~/.vim ...
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Make PDF dark-mode friendly in Adobe DC Acrobat Reader or alternative
I was looking for a way to read a PDF in "dark mode". Found this answer here However I was curios if there's a way to make Adobe Acrobat Reader more dark-mode friendly or if there exists an ...
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