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Does having colours on your site (such as theirs) increase energy? Should we only have black and white websites since black uses less energy on OLED/LCD?

I am a big fan of sustainability, but this seems a little bit much.

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The energy usage is very small — as mobile devices are generally very efficient. But the impact it has on battery life is big — and using more battery results in the battery dying sooner and then the consumer needing to get a new phone.

A simple half-way solution to this is just to support a dark mode. People generally prefer it anyway.

> Does having colours on your site (such as theirs) increase energy?

Only on OLED screens, which still don't have a that impressive market share.

And almost comically CRT screens.

Anyone remember blackle.com?

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