The problem is the images are also inverted.

This is precisely the reason that people don’t opt for this function because they are not aware of the fact that they can create a shortcut to it and switch it on when required. (You might even create a copy of VLC's program folder and have it under a different shortcut, if you cannot bear the usage of other video players.) Preview is free and comes built into Mac OS X. If you want to know how to enable dark mode in iOS 11, read through these guides: Setting Dark Mode. Invert colors mac shortcut not working Use Hardware Encoder is on.