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About GrayScale Overlay
## **GrayScale Overlay – Clean Monochrome Browsing**
### 🌐 Description
Bring clarity and calm to your web experience with **GrayScale Overlay** – a customizable Chrome extension that lets you apply grayscale filters to any website. Whether you're looking to reduce eye strain, focus better, or simply enjoy a distraction-free, minimalist interface, this extension has you covered.
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### 🎯 **Key Features**
#### ✅ Adjustable Grayscale Filter
* Apply a grayscale overlay to any webpage without disrupting interactions.
* Smooth, performance-friendly transitions.
* Customizable intensity from 0% to 100%.
#### 🎨 Multiple Visual Modes
* **Desaturate** (soft and subtle)
* **Grayscale** (true black-and-white)
* **Luminosity** (high contrast)
* **Color Dodge** (dramatic tones)
#### 🌍 Auto-Toggle Per Website
* Automatically activate grayscale on specific websites.
* Works with subdomains (e.g., `www.reddit.com`, `old.reddit.com`, `m.reddit.com`).
* One-click "Add Current Site" feature.
#### 💡 Real-Time Controls
* Instantly preview filter changes.
* Use a slider to fine-tune intensity.
* Choose visual modes from a dropdown menu.
#### 💾 Persistent Settings
* Saves your preferences across browser sessions.
* Remembers websites and intensity levels.
* Syncs settings across Chrome installations.
#### 🧠 Per-Tab Intelligence
* Each tab tracks its own grayscale state.
* Seamless transitions between enabled and disabled tabs.
#### 🧰 Easy-to-Use Interface
* Clean, modern popup design.
* Smart enable/disable buttons.
* Fully responsive and intuitive.
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### 👥 Ideal For:
* Students and professionals who need fewer distractions.
* Readers and researchers on text-heavy sites.
* Users sensitive to color brightness or visual noise.
* Minimalists who enjoy a clean, grayscale aesthetic.
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### 🔒 Privacy & Permissions
* **No data collection or tracking.**
* Settings stored locally using Chrome Sync.
* Requires only essential permissions: `activeTab`, `storage`.
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### ⚙️ How to Use
1. Click the extension icon to toggle grayscale.
2. Adjust intensity and mode in real time.
3. Use “Add Current Site” to auto-enable on your favorite websites.
4. Manage your website list directly from the popup.
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### ⚡ Performance
* Lightweight and fast.
* No impact on page load speed.
* Built using modern, efficient CSS rendering (`mix-blend-mode`, `backdrop-filter`).
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### 💬 Support
Need help or have suggestions? Reach out via the support tab on the Chrome Web Store.
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Users
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Ratings
Rating
7 days
+4
+3.7%
0
0.00
30 days
+6
+5.6%
0
0.00
6 months
+29
+34.5%
0
0.00
1 year
+83
+276.7%
+2
+5.00
Chrome Web Store search rankings
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