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Full Screen Yellow Display

Turn your entire screen pure yellow with one click. Yellow is red and green at full power with blue switched off, which makes it good at exposing stuck blue sub-pixels and red-green imbalance, and a bright warm light.

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What the yellow field is for

Stuck blue sub-pixels

Blue is off across the whole field, so a blue sub-pixel stuck on shows as a pale or white dot against the yellow.

Red and green balance

Yellow is an even mix of two channels. A panel or setting that favours one of them pushes the field toward orange or toward lime.

Warm, bright light

Yellow is nearly as bright as white, so it makes a strong warm light for photos and a cheerful wash for backgrounds.

Design and signage previews

Check how a high-visibility yellow reads on a given screen before committing to it for a sign or slide.

Field notes

Yellow is almost as bright as white.

Green carries most of what your eye reads as brightness, and red adds most of the rest. Yellow has both at full power, so it looks close to white while leaving the blue sub-pixels dark. That combination is exactly why a stuck blue sub-pixel stands out on it.

Written by Piero Nanni. If a panel of yours behaves differently, tell me and I will correct it. Updated .

Questions

Why does yellow appear so bright on screen?
Yellow lights the red and green sub-pixels fully and leaves blue off. Green and red account for nearly all of perceived brightness, so a yellow field looks almost as bright as white.
Can I use a yellow screen for product photography?
Yes, as a warm fill or background light. Set white balance manually, or the camera will try to neutralise the yellow and flatten the effect.
Is yellow good for testing monitors?
For two specific things. It shows a stuck-on blue sub-pixel as a pale dot, and it shows red-green imbalance as a shift toward orange or lime. For dead pixels, use the dead pixel test.

Download as an image

The same #FFFF00 field as a PNG, for a wallpaper, a slide or video background, or a TV that plays images from a USB stick. Made in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

Other colors

Any other colour: use the picker on the homepage.

Screen tools

  • White Screen Test Check a white field for dust, dead pixels, uniformity, and tint.
  • Dead Pixel Test Cycle white, black, red, green, and blue to find faulty pixels.
  • Stuck Pixel Fixer Rapidly flash colors over a stuck pixel to try to un-stick it.
  • Backlight Bleed Test Spot light leaking around the edges of an LCD panel on black.
  • Screen Burn-In Test Reveal retained images and uneven wear on OLED and plasma panels.
  • Monitor Test Full sweep: pixels, bleed, uniformity, and color channels.
  • Light Box Use the screen as a tracing panel or soft photography light.