Long Plain Black Wallpaper
Plain black, but cut tall — made for the long 20:9 and 21:9 screens phones ship with now, so nothing gets cropped at the top or bottom. Uploaded and kept tidy by the community; sign in to add your own.
Phones stopped being 16:9 years ago, and a plain black file saved at the old ratio gets stretched or trimmed once you set it. Everything here is 1080x2400 or taller, so it lands edge to edge on a Galaxy S-series, Pixel or iPhone Pro Max. Because the fill is true #000000, an OLED panel switches those pixels off completely — the screen draws less power than it would showing dark grey. 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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