Pack & White Shaders FAQ

Open your Options menu, go to Video Settings, then Shaders, and select Pack & White from your installed shader list. The effect applies immediately to your world.

Blocks with similar brightness values become difficult to distinguish—try adjusting your brightness and contrast settings in Video Options to increase the visual separation between different block types.

Yes, Pack & White works alongside resource packs, but the shader's grayscale effect will override any custom colors in your resource pack, so you'll still see everything in black and white.

No, you can only have one shader active at a time; selecting Pack & White will disable any previously active shader.

Pack & White runs as a core shader and will reduce your frame rate depending on your GPU—the impact varies by hardware, so test it in your world to see the performance effect.

The shader applies the grayscale effect to most UI elements; if text or buttons become hard to read, adjust your monitor's brightness or use the brightness/contrast guide to compensate.

Yes, all mobs and animals are converted to grayscale, so hostile and passive mobs appear as different shades of gray instead of their normal colors.

No, the shader applies globally once activated; you'll need to manually turn it off in Video Settings if you want to switch back to normal colors.

Yes, Pack & White is a client-side shader, so it only affects your view and doesn't require the server to have it installed.

The grayscale conversion can shift perceived brightness; open the Brightness and Contrast guide to fine-tune your display settings for better visibility in your specific world.