Change Background Color
Set a background colour behind PDF pages - a warm cream for easier reading, or a tint to mark a document as a working copy.
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About This Tool
Pure white at full screen brightness is the harshest background there is. A soft cream or pale grey behind the text lowers the contrast a little and makes long reading sessions noticeably easier, which is why e-readers offer sepia modes.
This tool paints a colour behind the existing page content. Text, images and vector graphics sit on top unchanged, so nothing is obscured - the white of the page simply becomes the colour you picked.
A tint also works as a quiet status marker. A pale yellow background on every page of a working draft is impossible to confuse with the white final version, even at a glance across a desk.
How to Use
Load the PDF
Drop in the document you want to tint.
Choose a colour
Pick from the presets or enter a hex value. Light tints work best - anything dark will fight with black text.
Select the pages
Apply to the whole document or a specific range.
Apply and save
Check the preview and download the tinted PDF.
Use Cases
Comfortable long reading
A cream background on a 200-page report, so an afternoon of reading is less punishing than pure white.
Marking working copies
Every draft gets a pale yellow page, so the white version on the desk is unmistakably the final one.
Colour-coding a bundle
Different tints per section make it easy to find the right part of a thick printed pack by flipping the edge.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this hide any content?
No. The colour is drawn behind the existing page, so text and images stay fully visible on top.
Which colours actually work?
Light, low-saturation tints. Cream, pale grey and soft blue keep black text readable; mid or dark tones do not.
Will printing use more ink?
Yes - a tinted background means full page coverage on every sheet. Print the original and keep the tinted copy for screen reading.
How is this different from inverting colours?
Inverting flips every colour to its opposite. This only changes what sits behind the content, leaving the text its original colour.