Purple screen
A solid purple screen for mood light, backgrounds and colour checks.
Press Esc to exit
Hex, rgb() or a color name
Presets
Or press 1 to 0 once the tool has focus.
On screen:
Other versions
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Color screen
Pick any color and fill the whole screen, with brightness and an optional clock. -
Black screen
A completely black screen you can put in full screen in one tap. -
White screen
A plain white screen: a soft light source, a light table or a pixel test. -
Red screen
A solid red screen, dimmable, for dark rooms and red channel checks. -
Green screen
A solid green field for keying tests, subpixel checks and green light. -
Blue screen
A solid blue field for subpixel checks, keying and a calm background. -
Yellow screen
A bright yellow screen for warm light, checks and a strong background. -
Pink screen
A soft pink screen for gentle light, backdrops and colour tests. -
Orange screen
A warm orange screen for evening light, backdrops and colour checks. -
Gray screen
A neutral gray field for white balance, uniformity and quiet backgrounds.
Related tools
A screen filled with #800080, the classic web purple: red and blue subpixels at half power with green switched off. Purple is a favourite for mood lighting, so a tablet propped behind a desk or a shelf gives a room a soft violet wash without a lamp. It is also a good background for photographing pale objects, and a reasonable test of how faithfully a panel mixes two primaries, since a poorly calibrated screen turns purple towards blue. Type a brighter magenta or a deeper indigo if this shade is not the one you had in mind.
How to use
- Open the page; the screen is already purple.
- Type another shade, such as #a020f0 or #4b0082, if you want it brighter or deeper.
- Press Go fullscreen and place the display where the light should fall. Press Esc to come back.
What it handles
- Web purple #800080 by default, with any violet, magenta or indigo available by hex.
- Brightness scales both primaries together, so the hue stays purple instead of drifting to blue.
- The clock overlay stays white on this shade and flips to black if you choose a pale lilac.
FAQ
Is purple the same as violet on a screen?
Not quite. Violet is a single wavelength of light at the end of the visible spectrum; a display cannot produce it and mixes red and blue instead, which your eye reads as purple. Everything you see here is that mixture, which is why photographs of purple objects rarely match the object itself.
Can I use a purple screen as mood lighting?
Yes, for a small area. A tablet or a monitor turned to face a wall gives a soft coloured wash a metre or two across. It is much weaker than a lamp, so it works best in an already dim room, and the wake lock toggle keeps the display from dimming while it runs.
Why does purple look different on my phone and my laptop?
Because the two panels have different primaries and different colour profiles. A wide-gamut OLED phone shows the same hex code more saturated than an older office monitor. The number is identical; the light it produces is not. Compare colours on the device the work is meant for.
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