Smart reversing
Apple has still not entered a dark mode for iOS . Still, since iOS 11 you can approach a darker view with the option to turn smart colors around. This is an accessibility feature that intelligently deals with adjusting colors, so that, for example, photographs do not look strange in color after reversing. White becomes black and vice versa. We show you what this dark mode looks like.
Reversing dark mode thanks to clever colors
In the Accessibility options, you already had the ability to reverse colors in earlier iOS versions. This came in handy for people who struggle to see colors correctly. The biggest drawback was that all colors were reversed so that photos, devices and other parts of the screen did not look good.
Since iOS 11 Apple has improved this with the option Slim reverse, so everything looks much better.
This is how cleverly reversing works
This way you can enable smart reversing:
- Go to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Go to General> Accessibility> Custom view .
- Select the option Convert colors> Smart reverse .
As an explanation, Apple reports:
Smart converse delivers an excellent result and really gives you the impression that you are using a dark mode. It works especially well with apps that have little graphic beauty, like the Settings app. In it all backgrounds are black, the text is white and the icons are retained, as shown in the screenshots.
In the screenshots below you can always see the difference between the classic way of reversing colors (left) and the smart way (right).
Also in the home screen looks a lot better with smart reversing. While the background, app icons and badges in the classic way all get a different color, this is cleverly left as it is. The only difference is in the status bar and the Dock, which is made blue. This makes it much quieter and more worthwhile to use.
On the access screen the smart reversal mode also looks a lot better than the classic way. The clock is now shown in black and the instruction at the bottom to unlock your device is blacked out. The notification in the picture also has a dark color, while the text in the message is retained and the app icon keeps the original color.
Smart reverse colors not everywhere
Although the smart function works a lot better, this does not apply everywhere. Third-party apps are still displayed in the old way, so the reversed colors do not look that nice. Emojis and widgets are also reversed completely in color, which produces the same inverted colors as before iOS 11. Other images and buttons in standard apps are also shown in the old way, for example in the Messages app .
Fortunately, there are already several app developers who have provided their apps with a dark mode. An overview of such apps can be found on the website Dark Mode List.
