Described herein are systems and methods that reduce power consumption for
an electronics device that includes a display device. The systems and
methods identify characteristic color video information for a graphics
component that allows a person to visually locate the graphics component
in a display area for the display device. Video information in the
display area other than the characteristic color video information is
then altered to conserve power. Preserving the characteristic color video
information for the graphics component maintains a person's ability to
locate the graphics component at a later time, even though other portions
of the display area have been altered and potentially visually degraded
to conserver power.