Firefox 11-14: Change colours

With the Firefox browser, you can view web pages in high contrast or select your own colours. These techniques apply to at least browser versions 11 – 14.

Change to high contrast view

Firefox gives you the option of viewing the page with large text in high-contrast white-on-black, or black-on-white.

Step 1: Click on “Accessibility” in the menu bar to open the drop-down menu.

Step 2: Go to “Style” and select either “High contrast view 1” (white on black) or “High contrast view 2” (black on white).

Note: The size of the text will also increase when you select a High contrast view.

Unselect High contrast to go back to the original colour settings.

Set the colours to be used on web page

Step 1: Click on “Tools” in the main menu bar to open the drop-down menu

Step 2: Select “Options” (last menu item)

Step 3: In the “Options” panel select “Content” (middle tab)

Step 4: In “Content” panel click the “Colors” button to open the “Colors” popup box.

Step 5: To change colours, click on the coloured box next to the item (e.g. Text) to open a box with different colours.

Step 6: Choose new colours for the various page items you want to change.

Step 7: Unselect the checkbox for “Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections above”

Step 8: Unselect the checkbox for “Use system colors” (may not be required)

Step 9: Click “Colors” box “OK” button, and “Options” box OK button.