Plain Black Background 1920x1080
This page gives you a true-black background at exactly 1920x1080 (Full HD) — the standard resolution for desktop screens. It's pure #000000: no gray cast, no gradient, no logo. Download it and use it anywhere.
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This background is also searched for as 1920x1080 plain black wallpaper, solid black background 1920x1080, or full HD black background — they all describe the same download on this page.
- Resolution
- 1920 × 1080
- Aspect
- 16:9
- Fits
- 1080p monitors and most laptops
- Color
- #000000
- RGB
- 0, 0, 0
- Format
- PNG, lossless
- File size
- 368 B
- License
- CC0, public domain
More Black Background Sizes
All plain black background sizesOther Colors in 1920x1080
How much battery a black background actually saves
On an OLED or AMOLED panel every pixel makes its own light, and at #000000 it is simply switched off. That is why a plain black background is the one wallpaper choice that changes power draw at all rather than just changing the look.
How much it saves depends on how much of the panel is still lit. A home screen crowded with bright icons and widgets leaves most of the display working, so the difference is small. A sparse lock screen, or an always-on display showing a clock and little else, is where it shows. On an LCD the backlight stays on whatever the image, so there is no saving to be had there at all — you get the look and nothing else. The panel also runs a little cooler with fewer pixels lit, though that is not something you would notice in normal use.
Black on a screen is not the same black in print or in video
On a display, #000000 means all three channels at zero: nothing is sent to the pixel. Print does not work that way. Running only the black plate gives a flat, slightly open dark gray, so press operators build a rich black by laying cyan, magenta and yellow underneath it. Drop this plain black background into a print layout and you get the screen value, not that mix; if you need a deep black on paper, say so when you send the job.
Video adds its own wrinkle. Plenty of delivery formats carry black at 16 rather than 0 in eight-bit terms, the so-called limited or TV range. An editor placing this plain black background on a full-range timeline gets a true 0, and the export may map it upward on the way out. If your black frames come back looking lighter than the file did, that mapping is usually the reason.
Using a plain black background for meetings and streams at 1920x1080
1920x1080 is the size most video tools already expect. Zoom, Teams and Meet size their virtual backgrounds around it, OBS scenes are usually built at it, and a 1080p recording ends up there anyway, so this plain black background drops in without being scaled to fit.
A flat background behaves differently from a photographic one. With no detail in it, there is nothing for the software's edge detection to argue with, so the outline it cuts around you tends to hold together better than it does against a busy image. In a slide deck or an OBS scene, a plain black background is the usual base to build on: text and charts sit at maximum contrast and nothing behind them competes for attention.
Questions
What does 1920x1080 mean?
It's Full HD: 1,920 pixels wide by 1,080 pixels tall, the standard resolution for most desktop monitors.
Is the black pure #000000?
Yes, true black with no tint, gradient or texture. On OLED it means the pixels are fully off.
Can I use it for free, even commercially?
Yes, free for personal and commercial use — videos, thumbnails, mockups, anything.
How do I set it as my background?
First download the PNG file to your device:
- Windows: Right-click the file and choose "Set as desktop background".
- macOS: Open System Settings → Wallpaper → choose the image from your Downloads folder.
- Android / iPhone: Save the image to your gallery, then set it from Photos / Gallery → the "Set as wallpaper" option.
This background is CC0 (public domain) — free for any use, no attribution needed. See the License page.