Are you color blind, or do you suffer from another visual impairment? Then you can use color filters to better see the difference between colors. This tip explains how to enable this function on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Activate color filters on iPhone, iPad and Mac
Thanks to color filters, the differences between colors such as blue, red, green and blue are highlighted more clearly in menus and settings, so that you can better distinguish them. Apps, movies and games also take this into account.
How to set color filters on iPhone and iPad (and iPod touch):
- Go to the Settings app and choose ‘Accessibility’;
- Tap on ‘Display and text size’ and go to ‘Color filters’;
- Tap the switch at ‘Color Filters’ to turn the function on;
- Choose one of the three color spaces as an example by swiping over it;
- And finally select one of the preset filters.
In the last step, you can choose from four color filters: grayscale, red / green (for protanopia), green / red (for deuteranopia) and blue / yellow (tritanopia). Do you want to adjust color intensity? Then slide the bar at the bottom of the screen. In the same way, you can also play with the color tone.
In step four you can choose from three types of color spaces. The first example shows pencils in all colors of the rainbow. The second example shows different color intensities in columns and the last window shows vertical lines on a background with different colors.
Color filters on the Mac
Do you use an Apple computer? You can also set color filters on the Mac, although it works slightly differently. Follow the directions below.
- Start up your Mac and open the Apple menu;
- Choose ‘System Preferences’ and go to ‘Accessibility’;
- Select ‘Display’ and click on ‘Color filters’;
- Now tap on ‘Enable Color Filters’.
You can choose different types of filters from the Filter Type pop-up menu. Again you can distinguish between the different types of color blindness. It is of course also possible to adjust the color intensity to your own liking by moving the slider at the bottom to the left or right.
More accessibility tips
Apple is doing its best to make devices as inclusive as possible. On iPhone we therefore regularly consider all the ways in which people with disabilities can get the most out of their devices.
Want to know more about this? Then start with our comprehensive guides. Here we explain how to use Apple devices with a physical disability. Even if you have a visual impairment, there are a lot of options.
- Apple trains Siri to better understand people with speech impediments (26-2)
- Accessibility: Adjust iPhone text size and use bold text (10-1)
- People with a disability about their iPhone: “you are missing out on potential customers” (22-10-2020)
- Accessibility in iOS 14: 5 new features for people with disabilities (7/13/2020)
- Apple improves product accessibility through user emails (16-12-2019)