Changing colours to high contrast

Changing the Windows colours to high contrast can help reduce glare, or improve the clarity of the picture on the screen.

Windows 7

1. Select the Windows logo ‘Start’ button.
2. Select ‘Control Panel’.
3. In the Control Panel, select ’Appearance and Personalization’.
4. Select ‘Personalization’.
5. Select the theme that you wish to use, such as those in the ‘Ease of Access Themes’ section.

Windows Vista

1. Select the Windows logo ‘Start’ button.
2. Select ‘Control Panel’.
3. In the Control Panel, select ’Appearance and Personalization’.
4. Select ‘Personalization’.
5. Select ‘Theme’ located towards the bottom of the window.
6. In the ‘Theme’ pull-down bar, choose ‘Windows Classic’.
7. Select the ‘OK’ button.
8. You should now be back in the ‘Personalization’ window.  Select ‘Windows Color and Appearance’.
9. In the ‘Color scheme’ section, select a high contrast colour scheme.
10. Select the ‘OK’ button.

Windows XP

1. Select the ‘Start’ button.
2. Select ‘Control Panel’.
3. In the Control Panel, select ‘Display’. If there is no ‘Display’ icon, you may need to switch Control Panel into Classic View. This can be done by selecting the words ‘Switch to Classic View’ located on the left-hand side.
4. In the ‘Display Properties’ window, select the ‘Appearance’ tab, located towards the right middle of the top of the window.
5. Halfway down the window, on the left side, you will see a pull-down bar labelled ‘Windows and buttons’. Change this to ‘Windows Classic Style’
6. Underneath you will find another pull-down menu labelled ‘Color Scheme’. Change this to a high contrast colour scheme, such as ‘High Contrast Black’
7. Select the ‘OK’ button.