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How to change Screen mode (Vivid or Natural) on a Samsung Galaxy

By Updated 14 November 20263 min read

Devices: Galaxy A57 (One UI 9), Galaxy A57 5G (One UI 8.5) and Galaxy S26 (One UI 9.0) · Checked November 2026

Real screenshot · Galaxy A57, One UI 9

In short

Open Settings, Display, Screen mode and choose Vivid or Natural. Vivid gives stronger, more saturated colours; Natural looks closer to real life. With Vivid, the White balance slider makes the screen cooler or warmer.

Vivid or Natural sounds like an easy pick until you are looking at both and cannot decide. Neither is right for everyone, because it comes down to what you enjoy looking at. Choose Vivid if you'd like to fine-tune the colours: Samsung says Vivid gives you a slider that shifts the screen cooler or warmer, plus Advanced settings for setting the colour by hand. Pick Natural if photos look oversaturated on your Galaxy or you edit photos; it tones the colours down and has no adjustments. Don't worry about picking the wrong one: the preview changes the moment you tap, so try both on a photo you know.

If photos look too bright and saturated, or a new Galaxy looks different from your old phone, the Screen mode is usually why. Ours was set to Vivid, with the White balance slider in the middle.

4 of 4 steps show a real screenshot from our Galaxy A57 (One UI 9), Galaxy A57 5G (One UI 8.5) and Galaxy S26 (One UI 9.0).

Steps

0 of 4 steps
  1. 1

    Open Display

    Open Settings and tap Display.

    Android screenshot: Open Display
  2. 2

    Tap Screen mode

    Scroll down the Display page to Screen mode.

    Android screenshot: Tap Screen mode
  3. 3

    Choose Vivid or Natural

    The preview above changes as you tap. Natural is the better choice if you edit photos. Ours was set to Vivid.

    Android screenshot: Choose Vivid or Natural
  4. 4

    Adjust White balance

    Drag towards Cool for a bluer screen or Warm for a yellower one; ours was in the middle. Advanced settings below adjusts red, green and blue separately.

    Android screenshot: Adjust White balance

If you do not see this option

If this does not work

  • The screen is black and white It looks alarming, but Samsung says a black-and-white (greyscale) screen usually just means Vision enhancements or sleep mode needs switching off.
  • Colours still look slightly off Samsung says Advanced settings under Screen mode lets you adjust the colour by hand.
  • Colours changed after an update? Open Screen mode and check which option is ticked and where the slider sits. If the blue light filter, an accessibility colour filter or Adaptive colour tone is on, Samsung says some colour adjustments may not be available.
  • Photos look different on your computer? Screen mode only changes how this screen shows colours. The photo file is the same, so a computer or another phone shows it with its own colours. Natural gives a closer match when you edit or print.

Good to know

A yellow tint at night usually comes from Eye comfort shield, not the Screen mode: how to turn on Eye comfort shield on a Samsung Galaxy phone.

Screen mode changes only what you see on this phone. Screenshots, photos and videos you share keep their own colours, and nothing changes for the people who receive them. You can switch back and forth as often as you like, and the setting stays after a restart. If the screen has gone grey, see Samsung Galaxy screen turned black and white.

Watch these steps

Video thumbnail: How to change Screen mode (Vivid or Natural) on a Samsung GalaxyWatch on YouTubeThe same steps, recorded on our Galaxy A57 · opens YouTube

About this guide

Device
Android
Shown on
Samsung Galaxy A57 (SM-A576B), One UI 9, Android 17 (build A576BXXU6BZIE), Samsung Galaxy A57 5G (SM-A576B), One UI 8.5, Android 16, Samsung Galaxy S26 (SM-S942N, Korean model), One UI 9.0, Android 17 (build CP2A.260605.016.S942NKSU5BZJB)
App
Settings
Path
Settings › Display › Screen mode
Real screenshots
4 of 4 steps
What we did
Observed: looked at each screen, changed nothing
Checked
November 2026
Sources
1 official, linked below

The screenshots are from a Samsung Galaxy S26 with One UI 9.0 and Android 17, in Dark mode, apart from steps 1 and 2, from our Galaxy A57 (One UI 9.0 and 8.5). Samsung says which screens and settings you see can depend on your network, software version and phone model. We only looked at these screens on our phones and changed nothing.

Sources

Links checked November 2026. Menus and features can change with updates.

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