Useful CSS one-liner trick

There is the grayscale filter in CSS that can make your images fully grayscale.

Applying grayscale filter
Applying grayscale to UI elements

It is useful when you show a list of logos in grayscale by default and bring color back on hover.

Another trick is to apply grayscale to the whole page. This gives you a different perspective on your UI without color.

Whole page in grayscale
A page preview with grayscale applied globally

This helps you check what draws user attention and whether links, buttons, and interactive elements remain recognizable without color.

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