Selection Colors

Change the font color and background color of selected text.

Selection Colors: Customize Text Selection Colors on Chrome

Selection Colors is a Chrome extension that is designed to replace the standard dark blue highlight and white text with customizable colors and transparency levels. The tool enhances readability by providing a better contrast between the text and background. Its intuitive options panel lets users easily pick their preferred colors for text and background, which then sync across all devices for a cohesive browsing experience.
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Extension stats

Users: 5,000+
2.00K
Rating: 3.88
(24)
Version: 3.1 (Last updated: 2024-11-08)
Creation date: 2019-10-30
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 105.47K

Ranking

# 13,301 ▲ 3,134
Other rankings
#130 in Accessibility ▲ 19 #2 in selection keyword 23 #12 in change color keyword 61 #58 in color keyword 88 ▼ 2 #185 in color picker keyword 40 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

The standard dark blue highlight and white text is horrible and hard to read. With this extension, you can easily change the selection effects to be more readable and beautiful. Use Selection Colors to make your browsing experience even better.

Custom Selection Color: Pick any color and transparency, refresh each tab, and select text

Instructions:

  1. Open the options for this extension
  2. Pick a color (recommended: default settings & only change the background hue)
  3. Refresh each web page
  4. Select text to see the new colors

Options: Background color Text color

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Simple to use
  • Good amount of controls for highlight color
  • Works well on most websites
  • Helpful for users with visibility issues
  • Provides a good user experience when functional
Cons
  • Doesn't work on all websites (notably Wix)
  • Issues with iframes
  • Conflicts with uBlock Origin
  • Some users report it doesn't work at all
  • Requires tinkering to work properly with other extensions
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work on certain websites (like Discord and Wix)
  • Requires adjustments when used with uBlock Origin
  • Simple and effective for most users
  • Issues when using dark themes
  • Users experience visibility problems without the extension
User reviews
Great
by Volkan Bozkurt, 2024-11-08
by saab virk, 2024-07-21
by Elaiza Acoros, 2024-07-04
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Selection Colors requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Selection Colors has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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