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Dark wallpapers

244 wallpapers whose measured overall brightness is below 80 on a 0–255 scale. They average 59; 79% have a dark clock band and 88% are dark at the bottom. White clocks and icon labels hold up well, and the screen is easy on the eyes at night. Sorted darkest first.

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A coastal city at night from the International Space Station: orange city lights spreading along a black sea.

Ember Coast 04·02

San Diego's Coastline at Night, from the ISS

Hubble image: countless tiny galaxies of different colors and shapes scattered across pure black space.

Cyber Reef 06·06

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field

A fiery orange fist and an icy blue fist facing each other on a black background.

Cyber Reef 15·10

Fire and Ice Fists

Abstract digital art of pale blue wireframe curves tangling and swirling over a deep blue background.

Cyber Reef 10·07

Blue Wireframe Swirl

A dark sphere covered in a glowing red hexagon mesh with a light flare.

Velvet Bay 00·09

Crimson Hexagon Sphere

Earth's limb seen from the Space Shuttle: a thin blue line of atmosphere wrapped in green aurora.

Neon Forest 11·01

Aurora Australis Wrapping Earth's Blue Limb (STS-45)

Aurora photographed from the Space Shuttle: a twist of green light stretching vertically on black.

Neon Forest 10·01

A Corkscrew Aurora Australis (STS-45)

Tangled red and orange light-painting trails swirling across a black background.

Ember Coast 01·26

Trails of Red Light

Faint pale galaxies scattered across a deep maroon starfield.

Cyber Reef 14·09

Red Galaxy Space

Paint strokes in white, orange, green, and red form the outline of a heart on a black background.

Cyber Reef 07·11

Colorful Painted Heart on Black

Lit historic church tower and brick old-town buildings against a deep blue dusk sky.

Cyber Reef 09·06

Old Town Tower at Dusk

Diagonal folds of violet satin fabric catching light across the frame.

Velvet Bay 04·09

Violet Satin Folds

Hubble image: a galaxy trailing a long tail through black space, with countless small galaxies scattered behind it.

Cyber Reef 05·06

The Tadpole Galaxy and a Backdrop of Distant Galaxies, from Hubble

Aurora seen from the Space Shuttle: a band of white and pink light glowing along the horizon under a star-flecked black sky.

Neon Forest 10·00

Aurora Australis Glowing along the Horizon (STS-62)

An acoustic guitar stands upright wrapped in orange flames against a black background.

Ember Coast 00·30

Guitar Wrapped in Flames

An aerial dusk view of Paris with the lit Eiffel Tower amid sprawling city lights.

Cyber Reef 08·11

Paris City Lights

Photograph from the International Space Station: green aurora glowing along Earth's limb beneath black space and stars.

Neon Forest 11·02

Earth at Night with Aurora, from the ISS

Curving bands of blue, green, orange, and red with scattered glowing dots over a halftone black background.

Cyber Reef 07·12

Colored Bands and Dots Abstract

A concept car with raised gullwing doors and blue interior lighting in a blue-lit studio.

Cyber Reef 12·06

Blue-Lit Concept Car

A city at night from the International Space Station: dense white and yellow lights on black ground.

Ember Coast 05·03

Night Lights around Hamburg, from the ISS

A blue-toned planet Earth with a glowing atmosphere rim against a starfield.

Tide Hollow 11·06

Blue Earth in Space

A mountain range at night from the International Space Station: snowy ridges pale in the moonlight, with orange town lights strung along the valleys.

Glass Tundra 00·02

Moonlit Snow around Mont Blanc at Night, from the ISS

Abstract digital art of thin white curves arcing across a vivid red gradient background.

Ember Coast 10·15

Red Curve Abstract

Photograph from the International Space Station: a band of green aurora glowing along Earth's limb beneath black, star-filled space.

Neon Forest 11·03

Aurora over the Night Side of Earth, from the ISS