| Size | Pixels | PNG file size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 × 1A single pixel | 1 | 85 bytes | Download PNG |
| 1920 × 1080HD, the common desktop size | 2,073,600 | 350 bytes | Download PNG |
| 2560 × 14402K | 3,686,400 | 546 bytes | Download PNG |
| 3840 × 21604K | 8,294,400 | 1.1 KB | Download PNG |
| 5120 × 28805K, iMac and Studio Display | 14,745,600 | 1.8 KB | Download PNG |
| 1080 × 1920Portrait, for phones | 2,073,600 | 351 bytes | Download PNG |
| 2048 × 2048Square | 4,194,304 | 608 bytes | Download PNG |
| 7680 × 43208K | 33,177,600 | 4.0 KB | Download PNG |
What is a 1×1 white image?
An image exactly one pixel wide and one pixel tall, filled with white. At that size it carries no visual content, only colour.
It is the smallest possible image file. A 1×1 white PNG produced here is 85 bytes, which is mostly file-format overhead rather than image data — the pixel itself costs a single bit.
What is a 1×1 pixel image used for?
Mostly as a placeholder or spacer: something a layout can stretch, a fallback while a real image loads, or a stand-in during testing.
Three common uses:
- A stretched background or spacer. Because a solid colour has no detail to lose, a 1×1 image scales to any size without looking wrong, which makes it a cheap way to fill an area.
- A placeholder while a real image loads. Swapping a tiny file in first avoids the layout jumping when the real one arrives.
- Testing. A known-good minimal image is useful when you are checking whether an upload, a pipeline or a CDN is working at all.
You may also see 1×1 images described as tracking pixels. That use relies on the request being logged by a server, not on anything in the file — a plain white pixel downloaded here tracks nothing and is not connected to anything.
How do you download a plain white image?
Choose a size from the table above. The file is generated when you ask for it and saved immediately, with no account and no watermark.
Nothing is stored on our side: each image is built for the request and discarded. The direct links work on their own too, so you can bookmark or share one.
Should you use PNG, JPG or WEBP for a solid colour?
PNG. It is lossless, so a solid colour stays exactly that colour, and it compresses flat areas better than JPG can.
JPG is built for photographs. It discards detail in a way that can leave faint blocking artefacts even on a flat field, and it cannot store a colour with perfect accuracy. WEBP handles flat colour well and produces small files, but PNG is more widely accepted by older software. For a solid colour there is no quality reason to choose anything but PNG.
How large is a white PNG file?
Tiny at any resolution. A solid colour compresses to almost nothing, so file size barely grows as the pixel count does.
The sizes in the table are the real byte counts of the files this page serves. An 8K image is over 33 million pixels and still arrives in roughly four kilobytes, because every row is identical and compression collapses the repetition. These are written as one-bit palette PNGs, which is the smallest legal way to store a single-colour image.
Do you need an image, or will a full screen do?
If you want to light a room or check a panel, use the fullscreen tool instead. Download an image only when you need an actual file.
The white screen fills your display immediately and adds brightness, colour temperature and a wake lock on top. Download a file when something else needs to consume it — a design tool, a website, an upload form.
Can you download other colours the same way?
Yes. Every colour page offers the same sizes and formats, and any hex code can be downloaded by putting it in the address.
The black screen is the other one people usually want a file of. See all colour screens for the rest.