I want an option to invert the colors of any web page

Submitted by Diego Martín Álvarez

This idea is currently being discussed.

I want browsers to provide a built-in control to invert the colors of the currently active web page. A readily accessible option — such as a toolbar icon or a keyboard shortcut — would let me flip the color scheme of any page instantly, without requiring a browser extension or an operating-system-level inversion that affects every application at once.

This would be particularly useful when reading pages that display small, dark text on bright white backgrounds, a combination that can cause eye strain during extended reading sessions. More broadly, per-page color inversion would benefit a wide range of users:

The CSS invert() filter function already demonstrates that browsers can render inverted colors at the rendering layer. A native browser control would expose this capability to all users in a consistent, accessible way — complementing existing features like prefers-color-scheme and operating-system dark-mode settings — without placing the implementation burden on individual web authors.

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