White Screen

Press the button for a full white screen, or pick another solid color. Once full-screen, use the arrow keys or on-screen swatches to change color and Esc to exit.

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Tip: turn your brightness up for a lightbox or fill light.

Fill your entire display with pure white in one click. Use it as a quick lightbox, a soft fill light for video calls, or the fastest way to spot dust and dead pixels. Runs full-screen in your browser — nothing to install.

What a White Screen Is For

A plain, full-brightness white field is surprisingly useful. Because there's nothing else on screen, it doubles as a light source and as a test pattern.

1

Find dust and dead pixels

Against solid white, trapped dust looks like dark specks and a dead pixel shows as a tiny black dot that never lights up. It's the quickest first check on a new or used monitor, and pairs with the black screen for bright and stuck pixels.

2

Lightbox & fill light

Turn brightness to maximum and the screen works as a lightbox for tracing or checking negatives, or as a soft fill light to brighten your face on a video call.

3

Clean background

A pure white screen is a tidy backdrop for photographing small objects, or a blank canvas to rest your eyes and check for screen glare and reflections. For the full sequence of panel checks, run the monitor test.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a white screen used for?
A full white screen works as a fast lightbox for tracing or checking negatives, a soft fill light for video calls, and a clean background for photographing small objects. It is also the easiest way to spot dust or a dead pixel on a panel, because a dead subpixel stays black and trapped dust reads as a dark speck against pure white. Turn screen brightness to maximum before using it as a light source. Run it alongside the black screen tool, which catches the opposite fault: bright and stuck pixels.
How do I make my whole screen white?
To make your whole screen white, open this white screen tool and press the Go Full-Screen White button, or tap the white swatch. The page fills your entire display with solid white and hides the browser interface. Once you are full-screen, the left and right arrow keys switch between white, black, red, green, blue and gray. Press Esc to exit.
Can I switch to black or other colors?
The white screen switches to any of the other solid colors. Pick a swatch before you start, or once full-screen use the left and right arrow keys or the on-screen swatches to move between white, black, red, green, blue and gray. Cycling white, red, green and blue in turn is the standard way to run a dead pixel test on a panel. For a full palette with a custom hex value, open the color screen tool.
Does it upload anything or need an install?
The white screen tool uploads nothing and needs no install. It runs entirely in your browser, with no account, no download and no data leaving your device. Once the page has loaded it keeps working offline, so it still works on a machine with no connection. Closing the tab removes it completely.