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Shades Chrome to a soothing orange color to decrease eye-strain, eye fatigue and to appease your brain's day/night cycle.
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Now open source! Check out the source code and contribute here: https://github.com/MarcGuiselin/screen-shader
😁Do your eyes a favor, Install Screen Shader!
😍The most popular screen tinting application for Chrome!
🧐This extension is in not endorsed by or affiliated to f.lux Software LLC.
Computer displays produce bright blue light which can strain your eyes late at night and interfere with your sleeping cycle.
Screen Shader is designed to tint your computer display a “cozy” orange color to reduce eye-strain, eye fatigue, and restore day/night balance, while also providing a wide variety of settings for everyone's different tastes!
With over two months of very hard work I present version 2.0!
⭐A completely redesigned modern menu!
⭐A completely new shading algorithm based off the newest research
⭐Full control over geopositioning, color, and darkness settings
⭐Bug fixes for countless websites
⭐Optimized to never slow chrome down
👌Works everywhere you'd expect it to. YouTube, Facebook, Reddit, you name it!
👍Continually tested on windows, mac, and chrome OS, and is constantly being bugfixed and updated with feedback from its users.
🤟Includes these keyboard shortcuts to control the shade:
ALT SHIFT UP to increase
ALT SHIFT DOWN to decrease
ALT SHIFT S to toggle on or off
And many more! Edit them in the menu.
📨Send me an email, or comment here. I'll usually reply in a day or two! 😀
Be sure to read the research that this extension is based off of: https://justgetflux.com/research.html
📞Contact me at [email protected]
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rate this extension
Ｑ: I'm young and have good eyes. I don't need this.
Ａ: Young teens may be twice as sensitive to light at night, and the elderly much less so. These results have important implications for schools, senior care, and device usage at night, too. Simply put: everyone has a use for this and will notice benefits from decreased blue light.
Ｑ: Why not G.lux or Night Light?
Ａ: Other extensions like G.Lux or Night Light just change your display's color. Screen Shader is the only extension available that smartly changes the color of your screen throughout the day using sunset/sunrise times! Research has proven that the circadian rhythm is tied to solar time. Individuals have shown greater preference for screen tinting applications that take that into account.
Ｑ: Does this really remove blue light from my display?
Ａ: Yup! Screens work by individually tweaking the amount of red, green, and blue each pixel of your emits. Pixels being the small square of colors that together form the image. Screen Shader alters the coloration of websites to a redder color. To show these colors, the display will tweak its pixels to show more red light, less green light, and considerably less blue light; but just enough so you can still see different colors. The more you increase the shade, the more the color of the website will be reddened, the less your computer display will emit blue light!
Ｑ: Why do I need this? Can’t I simply change my screen's brightness?
Ａ: Changing the luminosity does not remove white and blue light from your display. Those colors are still unnatural and will irritate your eyes, even if dimmed. A full day in front of your computer can wreak havoc upon your melatonin cycle and internal clock. The unnatural light can also harm your eye retina. Screen Shader is designed to considerably reduce these effects by eliminating enough white and blue light to provide you with the best browsing experience and eye comfort.
Update log:
2.1:
Update to manifest v3
General optimizations
Many more site fixes
Add shade fullscreen (making it optional)
2.0:
Everything is coded from scratch!
New menu - very nice
Fixes bugs on countless websites
New shading algorithm
Manually set your location
Better optimized shading engine
Just try it out!
1.7:
Fixes for pages using buggy backdrops and backgrounds.
Big speed optimization for bug fixing subsystem.
Fixed bug with 10px bar at the top of websites
Force-loads itself on every tab when it loads up, so every tab is tinted :)
Can safely work in incognito mode (if you enable it to do so on chrome://extensions)
The party easter egg was unfortunately removed because too many people were running into it accidentally
Fixed issues on xml documents
Fixed issues with lastpass extension
Fixed scrollbar issues in upcoming chrome versions
Now works with podStation Podcast Player, another great extension you should totally try out!
Fixed incompatibility issues with norton security extensions.
Save extension settings to a file and load settings from save file.
Added new shortcuts
Fixed a bunch of visual bugs on a variety of websites.
Other various bug fixes.
1.6:
Works on anything fullscreen!
Content scripts have been rewritten to pure js. No more JQuery!
Won't accidentally mess with your printing anymore
Polished the cross-extension messaging feature
Will now stay off if you turned it off and close the browser
Bugs with newtab page should now be fixed
Option to disable party mode and scroll shortcut
New keyboard shortcuts to increase/decrease darkness
A few bug fixes (of course)
1.5:
New option to set shade as high as you desire.
No White Flash script implemented
Fixed bugs with the new interface
Added donation page.
Using chrome.commands api, so now you can create your own keyboard shortcuts!
Added a ton of new keyboard shortcuts.
A lot of bugfixing.
1.4:
Fixed printing issue for google docs
Added a cool dynamic icon changer
Switched from hex color values and opacity to rgba color values(150% faster!)
Fixed blinking bug when using the ctrl alt + shortcut
Compressed unnecessarily large images. -1.4 MB size!
Completely new and improved UI, thanks Jeeves!
Mix-blend-mode option for chrome. 20% cooler!
1.3:
Fixed bug where the settings menu did not display correctly
Switched to a more reliable geo-ip service
Completely rewrote the shaded scrollbar, so it is now usable.
1.2:
Fixed slowness issues on slow computers like chromebooks
Removed a good portion of the unnecessary code used for debugging
Improved the loading speed of the popup by running some scripts after the popup loads
Redid loader for map display
Removed console.logs
Updated sendRequests to sendMessages for next chrome update
Changed the 'Thank you' page to be more visually appealing
1.1:
Finally! I updated/removed old code, improving performance.
Added ctrl alt scroll shortcut, and now keyboard shortcuts affect all tabs
Added the language option
Fixed a few bugs relating to the custom url option
Wrote a global system that manages shading settings on every tab simultaneously
When settings are changed, it affects all the tabs at the same time, so you don't see a blink or a flash when you change tabs
Page reload is no longer required on install
1.0:
Uploaded to web store. yay :D
Added fullscreen mode
Added shaded scrollbar
Added custom urls option
Added a larger color selection interface + a new color picking menu
Added a install page to thank you guys for downloading the extension!
Proud to be Ad and Analytics free :)
Time article: http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/13/computer-eye-strain-explained-and-how-to-avoid-it/
I am in no way endorsed by or affiliated to Time inc or its partners.
The article was written by Laura Newcomer
Latest reviews
- (2025-06-22) Freya ULRICH: This is perfect. Prevents headaches and eyestrain. Every adjustment I could want.
- (2025-04-20) håkon håkon: makes youtube shorts go white, atleast when in dark mode
- (2025-02-02) Gauss G: It messes up Youtube dark mode. I wouldn't give it 1 star just for this, but it's been more than a year since this issue first appeared. Seems like they don't care Uninstalling this extension fixes youtube shorst FYI
- (2025-01-12) Corban Hogan: Chromebooks already do this, don't they? And you can adjust the intensity of it in the settings. So for Chromebooks, this isn't much of a point of this, but I can see it being useful.
- (2024-11-17) Nathan Olonoff: This has always been a great and pretty much the best option but it's biggest fault is that it sometimes breaks websites and even disabling it on that website won't fix it, you have to disable the extension entirely to restore the broken websites. Two current offenders, YouTube with dark mode specifically on shorts but some other things whole sections turn white making navigation impossible as buttons and text are white as well. Bluesky scrolling is broken, the background color disappears and is replaced by black. These happen even with the extension disabled on those sites. Only way to fix is to disable the extension entirely. I've looked at some alternatives but still haven't found anything as good it's just frustrating that there are some major issues with this and the creator isn't very quick with fixing these things. If they could just make it so disabling on a site TRULY disables the extension on that site and not still running in the background that would solve probably all of these issues.
- (2024-10-27) Don Pissillo: Pretty damn good unless I find out down the road their spywhere. Does a good job and makes it easier to go to sleep
- (2024-09-29) Anthony Kent: Great extension. In the last few weeks (maybe due to an update?) I have felt as if the Chromebook light is punching me in the eyes. This has cured the issue.
- (2024-09-02) BuTech: Great work, but it does not work on all websites... I'm using it also for my pro life and it doesn't work well with the Microsoft suite (outlook, one note, etc...) plus some other random website are also broken by this extension. However the overall user experience is pretty good, nice job. For people having the same problem as me, I recommend using extensions like Eye Guardian that works well on all websites.
- (2024-08-05) Swirlheart YTV: Great extension. Something I've found, though, is that it doesn't actually work on itself. So, since I use it to darken my screen, if I need to change the settings at all, I essentially get flash-banged.
- (2024-06-14) Armand: I love this extension but it's breaking dark mode on Youtube. Please fix :D
- (2024-05-18) A A: Removes dark mode from some of my dark theme websites, eg. https://finviz.com even when Screen Shader is disabled. It also blocks some buttons on those websites. Not good unless fixed. Uninstalled and solved. Installed a different night shift mode extension without these bugs.
- (2024-04-05) Diana Doherty: Overall love this extension. I noticed it interferes with the ability to click buttons on certain websites like this one https://www.strazcenter.org/ Maybe because of the font color?
- (2024-03-03) HoGamesPro: not working at all they will just tell you to download another extension
- (2024-02-24) The Sauce Guy: Not sure why, but this extension prevents me from being able to play videos on Reddit in fullscreen. After disabling every extension I had one by one, I narrowed the issue down to this one. Outside of that, it's fine for what it advertises.
- (2024-02-07) Flying Beaver: I'll say at the outset that unlike some users, I have had no issues with Screen Shader and Chrome Updates. The January 2024 revision/overhaul of Chrome plus all other common apps, and the attempt to integrate all into one package for all devices really is "A Bridge Too Far" and it has become a major pain in the backside. There is also a pair of recursive loops inside the "sync" code, and to show them is easily repeatable. Apparently the Chrome Team took the day off when we were covering recursive." *Hint: If going through all the steps takes one back to where they started, four times or more in a row, that is not 'friendly'. Methinks it was a bit rushed, but that's only because I had the misfortune to teach the subject, and seen multiple instances of such loops creep into assignments/projects. However, that is Chrome, not Screen Shader. I've been using Screen Shader for about 15 months and, for the most part, it helps make life for my bad eyes (Cataracts awaiting removal - again, and bad headaches) a bit more pleasant. The setup method is fairly simple, and actually became much easier once I discovered the "pull-down" menus, which give additional functionality. I would be curious - merely for my own "curious bug" what the rationale is for the "Invert" mode. Perhaps I'm over-thinking things, but I don't get it, and the "why" and "what" are not really obvious. However, I don't use that mode. I've set up a custom profile since living north of 54 degrees N, we have short daylight hours as it is. If I had one wish that could be satisfied, it would be a more gradual transition during "wake-up" - perhaps an option for 2x as long from night to day, or even 1x, 2x, 3x - user choice. I know that's another level of complexity, but since transitions based on time, and to some extent light level and tint are already included, this is not too much of a stretch. If I was going to graph the transition, I'd say, "can the user change the slope?" As it is, going from full dark night to full day is perhaps a bit of a shock. Or perhaps the option already exists, but I haven't found it yet - there are many combinations of menu choices. Screen Shader does work and play well with some other dark/light extensions, and badly or not at all with others - in both cases extensions with a rating of 4.7 or above, and a good sample size of users. Kudos to the developer and the entire gang of coding slaves - been there, and I know it can be frustrating. Overall, this is a very good, and extremely versatile and "configurable" program. Of all the extensions I've tried, this one gives me the largest number of possible options to try. Many thanks to the 'back room' - you know who you are.
- (2024-01-14) Ernesto Quint: Works well as intended, but disables RTX VRS if extension is enabled sadly. :( So I have to disable this extension so that RTX VRS works in videos o7o7 It's the only downside, everything else is good.
- (2023-11-12) Rafael Benavent: Was a great extension. I used it every day. Since about a week ago, it started causing problems. Pages, or parts of a page, would randomly become blank. Moving the cursor over the page would reveal page elements only for them to disappear again after moving the cursor.
- (2023-10-19) go hirano: 長く使ってきて、これまでは起きなかったけど、皆さんはどうですか？というのは、Google DocsやSheetなどで印刷するとプレビューが白紙になり、そして白紙がプリンターから出てきます。最初原因がわからなかったけど、背景も印刷する、指定するお夕焼け色の背景とともに印刷したい書類がプレビューに現れる。ということは、印刷したいイメージが背景として扱われてしまっている。だから印刷されない。夕焼け色だったので、Screen Shaderを外してみると、印刷出来ました。小さなバグなんだろうけど、解決までにFirefoxで試してみたり、気がつけばなるほどこの拡張機能のせいだよな、とわかるけど。お知らせまで。この問題がなければ、夜の目には良いので3つをつけてありますが、いまは使ってません。解決すれば使うと思います。
- (2023-10-02) Andrea Haller: I used to love this extension! Now it is causing all sorts of issues on chrome. My pages will suddenly switch places, the screen will only be partially shaded, one of my screens will show up on the the other screen, and there will be colorful lines across the screen. As soon as I removed the extension all of these issues went away.
- (2023-10-02) Andrea Haller: I used to love this extension! Now it is causing all sorts of issues on chrome. My pages will suddenly switch places, the screen will only be partially shaded, one of my screens will show up on the the other screen, and there will be colorful lines across the screen. As soon as I removed the extension all of these issues went away.
- (2023-09-26) Clark Heidi: The four stars are for how awesome this extension is when it works. MY problem is that I use a combination of a 2015 Macbook Pro, a Mac Mini, and a Windows PC at various work stations. This extension works wonderfully for the second two, but on my Macbook laptop, it turns both the background and text black and I can't see anything at all on my open tabs. On my other two computers I am able to click the icon and adjust the settings, but on my Macbook when I click the icon, it's just a narrow bar that opens up, and there are links (Shade, Color, Location, Settings) that change when I hover over them, but nothing happens when I click on them. What this means is that SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY, I am uninstalling this extension so that I can see what I am doing (at all) while working on my laptop, then reinstalling it when I work at my other two computers. Which so far, I have put up with. But it's extremely annoying.
- (2023-09-26) Clark Heidi: The four stars are for how awesome this extension is when it works. MY problem is that I use a combination of a 2015 Macbook Pro, a Mac Mini, and a Windows PC at various work stations. This extension works wonderfully for the second two, but on my Macbook laptop, it turns both the background and text black and I can't see anything at all on my open tabs. On my other two computers I am able to click the icon and adjust the settings, but on my Macbook when I click the icon, it's just a narrow bar that opens up, and there are links (Shade, Color, Location, Settings) that change when I hover over them, but nothing happens when I click on them. What this means is that SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY, I am uninstalling this extension so that I can see what I am doing (at all) while working on my laptop, then reinstalling it when I work at my other two computers. Which so far, I have put up with. But it's extremely annoying.
- (2023-09-17) J.: Hace lo que promete. Muy recomendada si no te gusta tener el modo oscuro
- (2023-08-29) Little Hadlie: Amazing extension, however for some reason when i tried to click autofind, my antivirus went off .. why is that there?? what do you need that for? good shader though 9/10 (-1 for there being a virus)
- (2023-08-29) Little Hadlie: Amazing extension, however for some reason when i tried to click autofind, my antivirus went off .. why is that there?? what do you need that for? good shader though 9/10 (-1 for there being a virus)
- (2023-08-14) Witty Humour: When you have to read for a prolonged amount of time, this Chrome plugin is really beneficial for decreasing eye strain.
- (2023-08-14) Witty Humour: When you have to read for a prolonged amount of time, this Chrome plugin is really beneficial for decreasing eye strain.
- (2023-06-14) Adam Wade: This is a game changer if you have glaucoma. Your eyes will thank you.
- (2023-06-14) Adam Wade: This is a game changer if you have glaucoma. Your eyes will thank you.
- (2023-05-29) Angel S: Great Use as Dyslexia Colour Overlay I've been looking for a colour overlay extension for ages to change the colour on a PDF for ages. I used to use the "Colour overlay" extension but that was actually so bad and not compatible with either Linux or Vivaldi. Today I finally came across "Screen Shader" and it has finally happened a fully browser compatible overlay that even works on pdf. You can change it to any colour and I was just looking for a nightlight initially because my colour is yellow and that's basically what a night light does. But this is like putting any colour of your plastic overlay on your screen.
- (2023-05-29) Angel S: Great Use as Dyslexia Colour Overlay I've been looking for a colour overlay extension for ages to change the colour on a PDF for ages. I used to use the "Colour overlay" extension but that was actually so bad and not compatible with either Linux or Vivaldi. Today I finally came across "Screen Shader" and it has finally happened a fully browser compatible overlay that even works on pdf. You can change it to any colour and I was just looking for a nightlight initially because my colour is yellow and that's basically what a night light does. But this is like putting any colour of your plastic overlay on your screen.
- (2023-05-27) This extension was lovely until I realized it doesn't turn off when disabled. It kept modifying and breaking the UI of outlook online, etc. while definitely toggled to the 'Disabled' position. Bummer! Could have been a great tool for light sensitivities.
- (2023-05-19) Mac Woodruff: This makes it much easier for me to read without causing eye-strain and migraines
- (2023-05-19) Mac Woodruff: This makes it much easier for me to read without causing eye-strain and migraines
- (2023-05-18) Kanhaiya Kumar: useful
- (2023-05-18) Kanhaiya Kumar: useful
- (2023-04-02) Miika Ampe: i really wish it worked for me, i have an older macbook and this practically made it explode after adding it. i hadnt even applied it to any websites yet. it kept heating up and up for minutes after i uninstalled it. i believe it works, which is why i gave it more than one star, but they need to fix how much energy or whatever it takes.
- (2023-04-02) Miika Ampe: i really wish it worked for me, i have an older macbook and this practically made it explode after adding it. i hadnt even applied it to any websites yet. it kept heating up and up for minutes after i uninstalled it. i believe it works, which is why i gave it more than one star, but they need to fix how much energy or whatever it takes.
- (2023-03-12) Maisha Disha: this a really good one..I love it! thank you for making it!
- (2023-03-12) Maisha Disha: this a really good one..I love it! thank you for making it!
- (2023-02-14) Jarett Drucker: Marc Guiselin, developer of Screen Shader, is a GENIUS! This guy really knows how to shade a screen. I can't believe my eyes, they no longer burn like the fire of a thousand suns! I am getting 80, and even 90% ratings on my circadian response meter, and it is all thanks to Screen Shader! Thank you Marc Guiselin, I owe you my life and I will PayPal you $10,000.
- (2023-02-14) Jarett Drucker: Marc Guiselin, developer of Screen Shader, is a GENIUS! This guy really knows how to shade a screen. I can't believe my eyes, they no longer burn like the fire of a thousand suns! I am getting 80, and even 90% ratings on my circadian response meter, and it is all thanks to Screen Shader! Thank you Marc Guiselin, I owe you my life and I will PayPal you $10,000.
- (2022-12-03) Alexandra LaFon: The greatest thing ever! It helps me sustain focus on whatever I'm working on. Other screen tinting products and features don't do enough, I would still get headaches like it was a regular screen. BUT SCREEN SHADER CHANGED EVERYTHING. NOW I WANT to look at my computer and work on assignments, even boring things. This is a college MUST-HAVE. I've stopped dreading my computer and have greatly increased my productivity, and I can easily still sleep after. This is amazing. Screen Shader has changed my life. Thank you so much Marc Guiselin and the crew of wizards!
- (2022-12-03) Alexandra LaFon: The greatest thing ever! It helps me sustain focus on whatever I'm working on. Other screen tinting products and features don't do enough, I would still get headaches like it was a regular screen. BUT SCREEN SHADER CHANGED EVERYTHING. NOW I WANT to look at my computer and work on assignments, even boring things. This is a college MUST-HAVE. I've stopped dreading my computer and have greatly increased my productivity, and I can easily still sleep after. This is amazing. Screen Shader has changed my life. Thank you so much Marc Guiselin and the crew of wizards!
- (2022-11-15) Chris Scott: Does not work on the pages where it is needed most like Chrome bookmarks, google search, new tab etc.
- (2022-11-15) Chris Scott: Does not work on the pages where it is needed most like Chrome bookmarks, google search, new tab etc.
- (2022-11-05) Stephanie Liy: Works perfectly with no issues, and the extension is well supported (not common!). I work in IT and spend the bulk of my day online. Since installing, I've had a huge reduction in the daily headaches I was dealing with. Very very happy with this extension!
- (2022-11-05) Stephanie Liy: Works perfectly with no issues, and the extension is well supported (not common!). I work in IT and spend the bulk of my day online. Since installing, I've had a huge reduction in the daily headaches I was dealing with. Very very happy with this extension!
- (2022-10-22) Keyz: It works as I expected
- (2022-10-22) Keyz: It works as I expected