Black Noir Wallpaper
Film noir on your screen — hard-edged shadow, slatted light, high-contrast monochrome. Community-shared; register to upload your own.
Noir is built on the boundary between deep black and hard white, which is precisely where compression leaves a visible grey halo — and in this style that boundary is the entire image. Source quality keeps the edges clean. Worth knowing on OLED: the black areas cost no power at all, but the bright slashes of light are the expensive part, so a noir frame is still far cheaper than a bright wallpaper. Right-click or long-press to save; free for personal use.
Common questions
Do black wallpapers actually save battery?
On OLED and AMOLED screens, yes. A true-black (#000000) pixel is switched off rather than dimmed, so it draws no power — and with an always-on display that runs all day the difference is measurable. On an LCD screen it saves nothing, because the backlight stays on either way. Not sure which you have? Our OLED test tool fills the screen with pure black: on an OLED it goes completely dark, on an LCD you can still see the backlight glowing grey.
How do I set one as my wallpaper?
Long-press on mobile or right-click on desktop to save the image, then set it from your gallery or system wallpaper settings.
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