"Google is testing a tinted brownish/yellowish background color for the search results page. It turns the white background into a brownish/grayish/yellowish background and then the gray boxes into a darker color. This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who posted some screenshots on X - here is one of those screenshots: This is how it compares to the normal background color: The test kind of makes it look like your monitor colors are broken..."
"This was spotted by Khushal Bherwani who posted some screenshots on X - here is one of those screenshots: This is how it compares to the normal background color: The test kind of makes it look like your monitor colors are broken... Here are more screenshots: š Google testing background color in whole serp. pic.twitter.com/751kvREDAH- Khushal Bherwani (@b4k_khushal) November 4, 2025 Jamie Press also shared some images of this in action: Forum discussion at X."
Google is testing a tinted brownish/grayish/yellowish background across the search results page. The white page background is replaced with a warm, muted tint and the gray result boxes render noticeably darker. Multiple screenshots of the visual variant were posted on X on November 4, 2025, and additional images circulated showing the effect in different views. The color shift can give the impression of monitor color problems. The experiment appears confined to a visual appearance test; the layout, content and functionality in the screenshots remain unchanged.
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