Switch Your Phone to Grayscale to Reduce the Dopamine Pull

Color is a big part of what makes your phone screen irresistible. Bright reds, vivid blues, dopamine-triggering notification colors — they all pull you in. A grayscale screen is still perfectly functional, but it becomes boring. And that is exactly the point.

Try it for a week. You will notice you reach for your phone less often, and when you do, you spend less time staring at it. Most phones have a grayscale mode in accessibility settings.