Grayscale Tool

Name: Grayscale Tool
Rating: 2.5434782608695654 (46 reviews)
Author: Emanuel Malmquist

Press shift+g (or create your own key shortcut) to (de)activate grayscaling of a web page.

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Grayscale Tool is a Chrome extension designed originally for web designers to easily assess color contrast by toggling webpages into grayscale. By pressing Shift+G or a customizable shortcut, users can activate or deactivate grayscale coloring on any webpage. The grayscale effect persists between page loads, ensuring consistent viewing until toggled off. While ideal for designers, anyone can use this extension to remove colors from webpages for accessibility, focus, or personal preference. Its simplicity and customization options make it a handy tool for quick color testing or viewing without distractions.

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2.0 Last updated: 2014-10-19

Creation date:

2014-10-19

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storage

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4.55K

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Chrome Web Store

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a day ago

Ranking

# 19,321 ▲ 123

Other rankings

#3193 in Developer Tools #181 in tool keyword 66 ▼ 24

User reviews

Pros

Works well when it functions correctly
Allows customizing the shortcut
Nice neat tool

Cons

Doesn't work for many users, especially after installation
Shortcut keys often do not work reliably
No on/off setting outside of keyboard shortcuts
Doesn't work on existing tabs before installation
Incompatibility issues reported on different platforms

Recent reviews

doesn't work

Jo*****, 2024-06-18

Works well, I would prefer it to store on/off state per tab since I'll only need it for one or two tabs at a time but for my usage I only activate it briefly now and then so I don't need to worry much about opening/refreshing other tabs while its on. I'm using Alt+G as the shortcut as I already use Shift+G for something else.

Ol*****, 2023-09-14

No matter what combination I used, it didn't work- was looking forward to this...

Br*****, 2022-02-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Grayscale Tool requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Grayscale Tool is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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