Low stimulus iPhone: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:50, 26 August 2025

Color

Reducing the color on my phone has made my phone feel less addictive. Most configurations I’ve seen remove all color (greyscale), which I find too extreme. Instead, I’ve opted to remove some color (desaturation).

Set up color reduction

Navigate to Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size
Set Increase Contrast to "on"
Set Differentiate Without Color to "on"
Tap Color Filters
1. Choose Greyscale
2. Set the Intensity to taste. I set it to about 75% (this removes 3/4 of the color)

Set up shortcuts

This section will help you set up shortcuts to manage your color settings.

Open these links from your iPhone:

Add the shortcut(s) to a convenient place

You can add the shortcut(s) you've created to:

Home Screen
Control Center
Action Button (on supported iPhones)

Notifications

TODO

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 === Set up color reduction ===
 # Navigate to '''Settings''' > '''Accessibility''' > '''Display & Text Size'''
+# Set '''Increase Contrast''' to "on"
 # Set '''Differentiate Without Color''' to "on"
 # Tap '''Color Filters'''
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 This section will help you set up shortcuts to manage your color settings.
-=== Set up a "Toggle Colors" shortcut ===
+Open these links from your iPhone:
-This works like an on-off switch for color reduction.
+* [https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a31ca2bf2804470fa7fcb21d0e369a51 Shortcut: Toggle Colors]
+* [https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b338a7b16c454367aeb00917418c8fc7 Shortcut: Temporary Color Restore]
-# Open the "Shortcuts" app
-# Tap the "+" at the top right to add a new shortcut
-# Search for "color filters" and select "Set Color Filters"
-# Change the shortcut from "<Turn> color filters <on>" to "<Toggle> color filters"
-# Tap the title at the top, "Set Color Filters" and rename it to "Toggle Colors" (or another name of your choice)
-# Tap "Done" at the top right
-== Set up a "Temporary Color Restore" shortcut ===
-This allows you to restore your screen to full-color temporarily. It will revert to reduced-color after a time.
-# Open the "Shortcuts" app
-# Tap the "+" at the top right to add a new shortcut
-# Search for "color filters", select "Set Color Filters", and change the shortcut from "<Turn> color filters <on>" to "<Turn> color filters <off>".
-# Search for "wait", select "Wait", and change the shortcut from "Wait <1 second>" to "Wait "<120 seconds>" (or a duration of your choice)
-** Hint: You can hold the '+' icon to speed up setting the wait time to 120 seconds
 === Add the shortcut(s) to a convenient place ===