06 / Photography
Turn a monitor into a light or a backdrop
White for a softbox, black for a velvet backdrop, a pink for portrait fill, a custom HEX for product brand colours. No softboxes required.
Tools recommended
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02 / Used for
Best for
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Product photographers
A continuous, even light source you can resize, recolour, and reposition in seconds.
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Portrait & beauty
Coloured monitor light gives subtle, modern skin tones — much softer than a hard gel on a strobe.
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Content creators
Stage a single-colour wall behind you for every shot, without paint or paper.
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Hobbyists
Get pro-level fill light on a budget — the monitor is already on your desk.
03 / How to use it
How to use it
Three steps. One panel. Done in under a minute.
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Pick a colour
White for neutral fill, warm peach for skin, pink for beauty, a brand HEX for product.
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Place the screen
Off-axis to your subject for a soft side light, or behind for a glowing backdrop.
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Shoot at lower ISO
A bright modern monitor is plenty of light — drop ISO and tighten aperture for cleaner files.
04 / Best for
Turn a monitor into a light or a backdrop
White screen
A clean, edge-to-edge white panel. Use it as a video-call light, a photo softbox, a backdrop for product shots, or a uniformity test for your monitor.
Black screen
Pure black, all pixels off. Rest your eyes, hide a second monitor, save a bit of OLED power, or check for backlight bleed.
Custom colour
Type any HEX, sample with the eyedropper, or tweak with the colour wheel. Export at 4K, 2K or 1080p — straight to PNG.
Pink screen
A vibrant pink. Great for playful design boards, beauty-shoot fill light, and standing out in social previews.
Blue screen
A confident blue. Useful for blue-channel uniformity, classic chroma-key alternatives, and cool, sky-mood photography.
Green screen
A crisp green for chroma-key practice, green-channel monitor tests, or a botanical mood for product photography.
Orange screen
A warm orange built for design mood-boards, golden-hour photo simulations, and friendly monitor warmth tests.
Purple screen
A modern purple. Sits nicely in dark mode mockups, doubles as a soft gel for portrait lighting.
05 / Use cases
Five more ways to use a screen
- 01 Video calls Light up your face. Stage clean backgrounds. Look good on camera. →
- 02 Monitor test Spot dead pixels, backlight bleed, and colour banding. →
- 03 Design Pick colours, sample HEX, and proof designs in real lighting. →
- 04 Pranks BSODs, broken screens, and fake updates — film props on tap. →
- 05 Focus & relax Black screens, calm colours, and a flip clock for deep work. →
- ★ All screens Built for screens. Loved by humans. →