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Android: Turn Colour Correction On or Off

If you have trouble telling red and green apart, or certain icons and text blend into the background, unadjusted colours across the system can make everyday use frustrating. Android includes a built-in colour correction filter for common vision deficiencies, but it stays switched off until you pick the right correction mode. Choosing the wrong mode can leave colours just as confusing as before.

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Turn Colour Correction On or Off auf Android

Colour correction shifts how the display renders reds, greens, and blues so people with common colour vision deficiencies can tell UI elements, notifications, and app icons apart more easily.

The setting sits inside the accessibility tools, grouped with other visual adjustments like contrast and motion. To reach it: Tap on SettingsTap on AccessibilityTap on Color and motionTap on Color correctionEnable or disable Use color correctionChoose a Correction mode.

Android offers separate correction modes because colour vision deficiencies affect different colour pairs. Deuteranomaly and Protanomaly both relate to red-green perception, while a third mode targets blue-yellow issues. Selecting the wrong mode can distort colours that were already accurate for you, so testing each option on a photo or coloured icon helps confirm the right fit.

If the screen already looks fine but specific apps display low-contrast text, adjusting contrast or enabling a darker theme may solve the problem faster than colour correction. Turning the filter off restores the original colour palette everywhere on the device.

Frequently asked questions

Deuteranomaly and Protanomaly both target red-green perception, but they shift the colours in slightly different ways. Open Tap on SettingsTap on AccessibilityTap on Color and motionTap on Color correction and try each mode against a coloured image to see which one separates reds and greens more clearly for you.