How to Troubleshoot Blink Camera Images are only in Black and White

Authored by: Support.com Tech Pro Team

1. Introduction

How to Troubleshoot Blink Camera Images are only in Black and White

2. Resolution

If your camera images, thumbnails, motion clips, and Live View are not showing up in color, it is likely that you have set the infrared (IR) illuminator to the On setting in the NIGHT VISION section of the camera settings.

When IR is set to On, the camera is in infrared mode and the resulting images will all appear as black and white. Infrared detects heat, which is displayed as shades of white.

To have a color image, the camera requires light in the visible spectrum

To have color images when light is present, and infrared images when visible light is absent, set the camera IR to Auto in the camera settings