Owners of smartphones Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO They often face the desire to make the image on the display more vivid, juicy and contrast. MIUI or the new HyperOS by default may seem faded, especially if you switched from devices of other brands or just used to “acid" AMOLED-Fortunately, Android, in conjunction with the Chinese giant's signature add-ons, offers powerful tools to fine-tune visual perception.
Changing color reproduction not only improves visual experience when viewing photos and videos, but can also reduce eye fatigue if you adjust the balance correctly. However, it is worth remembering that blindly increasing saturation can lead to distortion of real colors, which is critical for designers or photographers. In this article, we will examine all available methods, from simple menu switches to hidden engineering codes.
Basic settings of the color scheme in MIUI and HyperOS
The first place that anyone should look at is the standard display settings menu, and that's where the main color gamut control lever is, which changes the behavior of the entire system, and depending on the firmware version, the path may be slightly different, but the logic remains the same across the brand's devices.
You need to go to Settings → Screen and Brightness → Colors and Contrast (or just Colors) where the system will offer several preset profiles, most often activated by default mode "Standard" or "SRGB", which aims at a natural, but sometimes boring picture.
To increase saturation, select Saturated Mode (sometimes called Vivid or Bright) which artificially expands the color gamut to make the red and green shades deeper. If you want maximum control, switch to Custom Mode. There are sliders available for individual channels RGB, allowing you to manually "twisted" the picture to your preferences.
⚠️ Warning: The saturated mode significantly increases the energy consumption of the display, as it requires higher brightness of the pixels to display intense colors.
Remember, the changes take effect instantly. Experiment with sliders, but try not to push the white balance too far into the blue or yellowish for the interface to remain readable.
Use of Extended Screen Functions by Xiaomi
Modern Xiaomi smartphones are equipped with advanced matrices, the capabilities of which are revealed through additional software functions. The screen and brightness menu often hide options that directly affect the perception of color and contrast, which many users ignore.
Note the DCI-P3 feature. If your smartphone supports this wide color gamut (usually flagship models and mid-range), enabling the appropriate mode will allow you to display content created for cinematic standards with maximum accuracy and brightness, which is especially noticeable when watching videos in HDR format.
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For maximum detail in games and videos, enable the “Improving Image” option in the screen settings if it is available on your model.
It’s also worth checking for a Dark Mode switch with contrast settings. Although this feature is designed for night use, some variations (like “Enhanced Dark Mode”) change the tone of gray, making the interface more contrasting and “expensive” in appearance.
Reading Mode is a feature that deserves special attention, and while it is designed to reduce eye strain, setting it incorrectly can kill all saturation. Make sure that the reading settings do not check the box on the always-on or too aggressive blue filter, which makes the screen yellow and faded.
Setting the color temperature and shades
Color temperature is a parameter that determines how “warm” (yellow) or “cold” (blue) white appears on the screen. In Xiaomi smartphones, this parameter is often adjusted automatically, but manual adjustment allows you to radically change the perception of saturation.
Colder color temperature (shifting to blue) visually makes the picture brighter and more contrasting, which is often perceived by the brain as "more saturated." Warmer temperature, on the contrary, gives the image a softness, but can "eat" the brightness of colors. You can find this parameter by way of Setting → Screen and brightness → Color temperature.
So here you'll see a spectral scale. You move the slider to the right, you add warmth, to the left, you add cold. To achieve the juicy screen effect, you're advised to move the slider slightly towards the colder shades, but not to the point, to avoid the unnatural paleness of the skin in the photos.
| Parameter | Impact on the image | Recommendation for saturation |
|---|---|---|
| Warm temperature | Adds yellowness, reduces contrast | Not recommended |
| Standard. | Natural but calm colors | Basic version |
| Cold temperature | Adds blue, increases contrast | Optimal for brightness |
| Customized | Manual setting of RGB channels | For advanced users |
It’s important to understand that setting the color temperature affects all apps at once. If you like reading from your phone at night, the cold spectrum can be harmful to the eyes due to the blue part of the spectrum.
Engineering menus and hidden codes for calibration
For advanced users who don't like the standard shell features, there's an engineering menu that's a powerful tool to let you tamper with the display module at a low level. Be careful, if you carelessly change the settings here, you can get the colors incorrectly displayed throughout the system.
To get into the engineering test menu, open the Phone app and type ##6484## (or #4636## on some models). In the CIT menu that opens, look for the item associated with the display (usually called Display, Screen or Color Test).
☑️ Check before entering the engineering menu
Inside the test mode, you can often find white calibration options or test images to check for broken pixels. Some firmware versions allow you to change gamma correction here. However, there is no universal "make bright" button here, it is more of a diagnostic tool.
⚠️ Note: Change of parameters in the engineering menu (CIT) without understanding their purpose, it can cause software to crash the display!
If you accidentally knocked down the settings in this menu, you can restore them through a full reset of the phone settings or flashing the device, as the standard settings interface may stop displaying changes correctly.
Third-party color enhancement apps
When you don't have enough system settings, Google Play apps come to the rescue, and they can work in two modes: as filters on top of an image, or as tools to create your own color profiles, and the most popular solution is the Color Calibration app or equivalents like Screen Balance.
These apps create a translucent layer with a specific color on top of the desktop that blends into the main image, amplifying or weakening certain shades. For example, adding a light pink filter can make the greens on the screen more saturated by contrast.
Another class of software is calibration widgets, which require root rights but allow access to system color files. Without superuser rights, the possibilities are limited to software emulation, and installing such software requires careful attention to the permissions you grant.
Do you need Root rights to change colors?
It is worth considering that the use of third-party filters can adversely affect the autonomy of the device, since the processor has to constantly process the video stream through the additional layer, and there may be a slight drop in performance in heavy games.
The effect of matrix type on saturation
Remember that software settings have a limit, dictated by hardware. The type of matrix your Xiaomi or Redmi plays a crucial role. Budget models often use IPS matrixes that physically can not give the same depth of black and saturation as AMOLED screens.
AMOLED-The technology used in most of the brand's smartphones today means that each pixel glows on its own, and it turns off the black pixels completely, creating an endless contrast that makes any color look incredibly bright. IPS screen, twisting saturation to a maximum can only lead to the appearance of a "plastic" effect and distortion of faces.
Owners. IPS-It is recommended not to chase the maximum saturation, but to look for a balance in which colors remain natural. IPS often leads to lighting at the edges and loss of detail in light areas of the image.
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The hardware constraints of the matrix cannot be completely circumvented by software. AMOLED will always look juicier than IPS at the same settings.
You can check the type of matrix in the model specifications on the manufacturer’s website or through applications like AIDA64. Knowing the type of your screen will help you set realistic expectations for the color settings.