Try Black Google: Dark Homepage
Quick Facts
- Summary
- Black Google turns a Google-style homepage dark, and clicking the logo switches it between dark and light.
- Creator
- elgooG
- Launched
- 2015
- Status
- Available on elgooG
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How It Was Made
The Core Idea
Black Google is a fan-made version of the Google homepage with a dark color scheme. It retains the familiar logo, search box, and buttons.
The page appeared in 2015, before Google Search introduced its official desktop dark theme in September 2021.
Inspiration and Development
The familiar homepage layout stays in place as its colors change. You can click the logo to switch between light and dark and compare the two appearances.
A darker page may be more comfortable in dim surroundings. On OLED displays, dark pixels can also reduce display power consumption; the effect depends on the device and brightness settings.
The Easter Egg Experience
What Stands Out
The homepage briefly appears in its light theme before fading to black.
Once the page has turned dark, clicking the Google logo lets you switch themes yourself. You can also submit the search form to browse this site’s mirrored list of Easter eggs and links.
How It Works
After the initial change to dark mode, click the logo to switch themes.
Click “I'm Feeling Lucky”, the magnifying glass inside the search box, or the microphone icon to rotate the logo. The “Google Search” button opens this site’s results-style listing; the list does not change to match the entered words.
How to Try It
- Click the button above to open Black Google.
- Wait a moment while the homepage turns dark.
- Click the Google logo to switch between dark mode and light mode.
- Click “I'm Feeling Lucky”, the magnifying glass, or the microphone icon to rotate the logo.
Black Google is an independent experiment, separate from Google’s official dark theme.
Google Search now offers Dark theme, Light theme, and Device default settings. This fan-made page predates those settings and adds its own logo interaction.
Final Thoughts
Switch between the two themes to see which you find easier to read. The layout stays the same, so you can compare the text and buttons against each background.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What is Black Google?
Black Google is an unofficial dark version of the familiar Google homepage.
It keeps the search box and buttons in their familiar places, with a clickable logo that switches the page between dark and light themes.
The fan-made page first appeared in 2015. It is preserved here as an interactive search experiment and is not an official Google Easter egg.
How do I switch between dark and light mode?
Wait for the homepage to turn dark, then click the Google logo. Each click switches the homepage between dark and light themes.
Is Black Google the official Google dark theme?
No. Google Search has its own official dark theme setting now. Black Google is a fan-made page that appeared years earlier, in 2015.
