A configuration file can be created, but the documentation is a bit sparse. You’ll have to create it manually and put it in ~/.config/redshift.conf. The following is an example of a configuration file:
; Global settings for redshift
[redshift]
; Set the day and night screen temperatures
temp-day=3500
temp-night=2700
; Enable/Disable a smooth transition between day and night
; 0 will cause a direct change from day to night screen temperature.
; 1 will gradually increase or decrease the screen temperature.
transition=1
; Set the screen brightness. Defaultis1.0.
;brightness=0.9
; It is also possible to use different settings for day and night
; since version 1.8.
;brightness-day=0.7
;brightness-night=0.4
; Set the screen gamma (for all colors, oreach color channel
; individually)
gamma=0.8
;gamma=0.8:0.7:0.8
; This can also be set individually for day and night since
; version 1.10.
;gamma-day=0.8:0.7:0.8
;gamma-night=0.6
; Set the location-provider: 'geoclue', 'geoclue2', 'manual'
; type'redshift -l list'to see possible values.
; The location provider settings are in a different section.
location-provider=manual
; Set the adjustment-method:'randr', 'vidmode'
; type'redshift -m list'to see all possible values.
; 'randr'is the preferred method, 'vidmode' isanolderAPI.
; but works in some cases when 'randr' does not.
; The adjustment methodsettingsareinadifferentsection.
adjustment-method=randr
; Configuration of the location-provider:
; type'redshift -l PROVIDER:help'to see the settings.
; ex: 'redshift -l manual:help'
; Keep in mind that longitudes west of Greenwich (e.g. the Americas)
; are negative numbers.
[manual]
lat=48.1
lon=11.6
; Configuration of the adjustment-method
;type'redshift -m METHOD:help'to see the settings.
; ex: 'redshift -m randr:help'
; In this example, randr is configured to adjust screen 1.
; Note that the numbering starts from0, so this is actually the
; second screen. If this option isnot specified, Redshift will try
; to adjust _all_ screens.
; [randr]
; screen=1