# Color Temperature (Change Lux)

> An easy to use screen color temperature addon!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/screen-color-temperature](https://chrome-stats.com/d/screen-color-temperature)

## Overview

- **ID:** `screen-color-temperature`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Elen
- **Category:** appearance,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 469
- **Weekly downloads:** 5
- **Rating:** 4.71 / 5 (24 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2016-11-12
- **Size:** 71 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/screen-color-temperature/)
- **Website:** [https://mybrowseraddon.com/screen-color-temperature.html](https://mybrowseraddon.com/screen-color-temperature.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/screen-color-temperature/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/screen-color-temperature/privacy/)

## Description

## Color Temperature (Change Lux) Chrome Extension

Color Temperature is a user-friendly Chrome extension designed to protect your eyes by adding a warm color overlay to websites, helping you avoid excessive blue light exposure. This is especially beneficial during nighttime or in low ambient light, promoting better sleep by reducing the blue glow from your computer screen.

### Key Features:
- Easily adjust between cool and warm screen color temperatures suitable for day or night.
- Intuitive toolbar panel UI with an ON/OFF switch for quick activation.
- Applies color temperature changes across all websites, with a whitelist option to exclude specific sites.
- Keyboard shortcuts to quickly add websites to the whitelist.
- Comprehensive options page for detailed customization.

By using Color Temperature, you can reduce eye strain and create a comfortable browsing experience tailored to the lighting around you.

For bug reports or more information, visit the addon's homepage linked within the extension.

## Rankings

- #5,177 — Overall
- #3 — temperature
- #4 — change color
- #37 — exchange
- #38 — color
- #66 — nature

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise this add-on for its ease of use, effective blue light reduction, and customizable color and brightness adjustments across websites. Many appreciate its simplicity and functionality compared to system features. Commonly requested improvements include adding preset color choices, backup and restore options for settings, the ability to schedule activation times, and a reset defaults function to enhance usability.

### Pros

- Allows fine tuning of color temperature and brightness for eye comfort.
- Simple and easy to use interface.
- Works on all websites tested by users.
- Offers multiple color choices and opacity adjustment.
- Effective at reducing blue light, helping reduce eye strain.

### Cons

- Lacks preset color options for quick selection.
- No feature to backup or restore user settings.
- Missing option to set automatic activation times.
- No built-in way to reset to default color mixtures.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/screen-color-temperature)