Select Text and Background Colors of Web Pages

To increase contrast between screen elements, you can select text and background colors of Web pages displayed on your screen. After you have selected the Ignore colors specified in Web pages option, you can use this tutorial to select colors for text and background colors that make pages easier for you to view on screen—or simply to better fit your personal preferences.

After you make these selections, if the author of the Web page chooses different colors for text and background, the settings you choose here will override them.

Note: You cannot change the color or size of graphics.

Step

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Internet Explorer menu bar:

Select Tools.
Select Internet Options.

On the Internet Explorer menu bar:

Open the Tools menu by pressing ALT+T.
Select Internet Options by pressing O.

In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:

Select the Colors button.

In the Internet Options dialog box, on the General tab:

Select the Colors button by pressing ALT+O.

In the Colors dialog box:

Clear the Use Windows colors check box.

This activates the Text and Background buttons.

Select the Text or Background button.

The Color dialog box appears displaying a color palette.

In the Colors dialog box:

Clear the Use Windows colors check box by pressing ALT+W.

This activates the Text and Background buttons.

To change the color of the text:

Press T.

To change the color of the background:

Press B.

The Color dialog box appears displaying a color palette.

In the Color dialog box, under Basic colors:

Select the color you want.
Select OK twice.

In the Color dialog box, under Basic colors:

Move to the color you want by pressing the arrow keys.
Select a color by pressing SPACEBAR.
Press ENTER twice.

To close the Internet Options dialog box:

Select OK.

To close the Internet Options dialog box:

Press ESC.

Internet Options: General tab: Colors button

Colors dialog box