Force enable Google Chrome Dark Mode for web content

As of the version 76.0.3809.100, this solution doesn't work anymore. (1),(2)

I took a look at this issue in Google Support and found this answer:

Add to Chrome shortcut properties target: --disable-features=DarkMode

So the entire target looks something like: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-features=DarkMode

Do this to your desktop shortcut (and unpin/repin the icon in the taskbar to get the updated shortcut) and it should be light while Windows is still in Dark Mode.

How can I enable dark mode on Chrome on Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate so that the contextual menu is dark and not white?

What you want is not possible on Windows 7. Google Chrome only actually supports Dark Mode due to the underline support in Windows and macOS. This supported was added in Chrome 74 and Chrome 73 respectfully. While Google Chrome 74 does have an override, it's not intended to work on Windows 7, since Windows 7 does not have a Dark Mode.

Ultimately, the reason the context menu is Light instead of Dark, is due to the fact Windows is responsible for generating the right-click context menu. All Chrome 74 does, is respects the current setting or allows the user to override the system setting, Windows otherwise handles the rest.

Due to the fact, Windows is responsible for generating the right context menu, it won't be possible for a Chrome extension to change the color of the context menu.

Google indicates the requirements for Dark Mode are the following:

Note: Dark Mode is available on:

• Mac OS 10.14 and up.
• Windows 10 and up.

Source: Browse in dark mode or Dark theme

I am confirming one observation, it appears that Google will be adding Windows 11 context menus as a experimental flag, while it’s running on Windows 11. This means that Chrome, is at least partially responsible, for the look and feel of the context menu within Chrome. This might explain the reason Brave does have the capability to change the color of the context menu.

However, I stand by my statement, Google Chrome implemented it’s support based on setting within Windows.