Squint by Hyper Boar
Press alt+1|2|3|4 to turn web page into a grayscale mush
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About this extension
Press alt+1, alt+2, alt+3 or alt+4 to turn web page into a grayscale mush.
Press Esc to bring page back to its original look.
Extension is intended for artists and designers who want to easily check grayscale structure of an images/videos on the page or the page as a whole without using any external tools.
alt+1 - standard sRGB grayscale conversion, aka just grayscale;
alt+2 - squint LVL-1, blurs everything a bit, slightly bumps contrast, reduces details;
alt+3 - squint LVL-2, blurs more, bumps contrast more, further reduces details;
alt+4 - squint LVL-9999, blurs hard, contrasts hard, splits page into "hottest" and "coldest" grayscale areas.
Known issues:
- Sometimes some elements might visually disappear, but they are still there. To turn page grayscale I use an SVG filter, which in turn might mess up the rendering of some elements on the page.
Source code on GutHub
Press Esc to bring page back to its original look.
Extension is intended for artists and designers who want to easily check grayscale structure of an images/videos on the page or the page as a whole without using any external tools.
alt+1 - standard sRGB grayscale conversion, aka just grayscale;
alt+2 - squint LVL-1, blurs everything a bit, slightly bumps contrast, reduces details;
alt+3 - squint LVL-2, blurs more, bumps contrast more, further reduces details;
alt+4 - squint LVL-9999, blurs hard, contrasts hard, splits page into "hottest" and "coldest" grayscale areas.
Known issues:
- Sometimes some elements might visually disappear, but they are still there. To turn page grayscale I use an SVG filter, which in turn might mess up the rendering of some elements on the page.
Source code on GutHub
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Permissions and data
Required permissions:
- Access your data for all websites
Optional permissions:
- Access your data for all websites
Data collection:
- The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
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- Version
- 1.1
- Size
- 40.28 KB
- Last updated
- 2 days ago (Apr 15, 2026)
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- MIT License
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