GOOGLE PIXEL
How to use colour correction and greyscale on a Google Pixel (Android 17)
In short
Open Settings, Accessibility, Colour and motion, Colour correction and turn on Use colour correction. Pick Red-green green weak, Red-green red weak, Blue-yellow or Greyscale. Intensity sets the strength, except for Greyscale. A shortcut is on the same page.
4 of 4 steps show a real screenshot from our Pixel 10a. Each step was checked against the maker's own instructions, linked at the end.
Steps
- 1
Open Colour and motion
Open Settings and tap Accessibility. Under Display, tap Colour and motion: Dark theme, colour correction, remove animations.
- 2
Tap Colour correction
Colour correction is the first row. Ours said Off.
- 3
Turn on Use colour correction
The page opens with a strip of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple and Grey: watch it to see what each choice does. Turn on Use colour correction under the strip. Ours was off.
- 4
Pick a mode or Greyscale
The choices are Red-green, green weak (Deuteranomaly), Red-green, red weak (Protanomaly), Blue-yellow (Tritanomaly) and Greyscale, which makes the screen black and white. Ours had Deuteranomaly selected, greyed out while the switch was off. Intensity, above the modes, sets how strong the correction is; ours said Unavailable for Greyscale mode or when colour correction is disabled. Under Options, Colour correction shortcut was Off.
If you do not see this option
- No Colour correction on your phone? Google says this feature isn't available on all devices. It was on our Pixel 10a with Android 17. Source: Change text and display settings
- Older Android version? Google says some of these display steps work only on Android 13 and up. Source: Change text and display settings
- Want greyscale only at night? Google says Bedtime mode in Digital Wellbeing has a Grayscale screen option that changes the screen to black and white at bedtime. Source: Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing
If this does not work
- Can't pick a mode? On ours, the modes and Intensity were greyed out while Use colour correction was off. Turn the switch on first.
- Intensity slider greyed out? The page says Intensity is unavailable for Greyscale mode. Pick one of the other three modes to set it.
- Colours look odd but correction is off? Check Colour inversion and Dark theme on the Colour and motion page. On ours inversion was off and Dark theme on. See how to use dark theme on a Google Pixel.
- Colours change by surprise? Android's accessibility shortcuts include holding both volume keys and an on-screen button, which are easy to trigger by accident. Open Colour correction shortcut to see which one is set, and turn it off if you don't use it.
Good to know
For a warmer screen at night instead, see how to use Night Light on a Google Pixel.
Colour correction changes how the screen shows colours to you; it does not edit your photos. Turning off Use colour correction undoes it at once. Greyscale can make apps feel less eye-catching, which is why some people use it to cut down screen time; Digital Wellbeing has other tools for that, such as app timers.
About this guide
- Device
- Android
- Shown on
- Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.261005.005)
- App
- Settings
- Path
- Settings › Accessibility › Colour and motion › Colour correction: Use colour correction
- Real screenshots
- 4 of 4 steps
- Checked
- October 2026
- Sources
- 3 official, linked below
Sources
Links checked October 2026. Menus and features can change with updates.Spotted a mistake? Menus change with updates, and we want every step to match your screen. Email us about this page or use the contact form. We read every report, and fixes are listed on What changed.
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