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Tintly - Dark, Light, Paper, E-ink & Color Vision

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Get startedSee a page change in the first minute. Learn the toolbar window, switch the mode, turn Tintly off for one site and open the settings.
Choose a modeDark, Light, Paper, E-ink or Original. See what each mode looks like, which one fits your eyes and your screen, and how to switch between them.
Questions and answersShort answers to the questions people ask most: why a page did not change, how to turn Tintly off for a site, how to move your settings and what Tintly sends.

Pick an engineTintly can color a page in four ways. This guide says what each one does, when to choose it and how it treats pages that are already dark.
Use the dark theme of a siteMany sites have a dark theme of their own. Tintly can switch it on, check the result and fall back to its own colors when the theme is not good enough.
Colors, fonts and palettesChoose a palette for the Dark and Light modes, set your own colors, change the font and the weight of the text, and see how Tintly keeps text easy to read.
Read like on paper with E-ink modeTurn a page into calm paper and ink, with soft pictures and less glare. Choose E-ink for black and white screens or Paper for an ordinary screen.
Tell colors apart with color vision correctionTintly can move colors that look alike to you, such as red and green, apart. It can also show pages in gray or with inverted colors.
Control a single siteTurn Tintly off for one site, give that site its own colors, or use Tintly only on the sites you choose. Rules are kept in your browser.
Save a look as a presetSave your colors, sliders and mode as a preset, apply it from the toolbar window, rename it, export it to a file or delete it and undo the delete.
Use a scheduleLet Tintly turn on at night, follow the dark mode of your system or follow the sun at your place, and choose what it does at those times.

Fix a siteGive one site its own CSS, mark the logos to invert and leave some colors alone. A fix is saved in your browser.
Fix a page that looks wrongWhat to try when a page has dark text on a dark box, a white block or a lost picture, in the order that usually works fastest.
Back up, move and resetSave your settings in a file, load them on another computer, sync them with your browser account or start again.
Notes for site authorsHow a web page can ask Tintly to stay away, how to offer your own dark theme, and what helps Tintly show your page well.
Languages and right-to-left layoutThe Tintly windows come in 17 languages. This guide shows how to change the language and how the windows turn around for right-to-left text.
Keyboard and accessibilityHow to use Tintly without a mouse, how it follows your system settings for motion and forced colors, and how to change the shortcuts.

Privacy and dataWhat Tintly reads, what it keeps and what it sends. The short answer is that it collects nothing and sends nothing.
Permissions and why Tintly asksWhich permissions Tintly has, which are optional, what each one is for and what Tintly does not ask for. Chrome, Edge and Firefox differ a little.