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		jeffbee on June 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Dark Mode Such a Good Idea? > no difference between black and anything else. Just a detail that isn't quite right in the article: black is actually the highest power state for LCDs. The backlight draws the same power all the time (for a given brightness setting) but the pixels draw more power when they are black.

jpambrun on June 12, 2020 [–]

Many monitors now have local array dimming to increase contrast. It's probably fair to assume that dimmed backleds lead to decrease power consumption.

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