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Recently downloaded minecraft. I noticed when I have been playing games that any dark area/ shadowed area would be extremely dark and I can't see any of the blocks. From watching gameplay on youtube i've noticed that when other players go into caves that are completely dark even without torches they are still able to see their way around the caves and see what's in front of them. I turned my brightness up to the max and smooth lighting off. Is there anything else I can do? I can NOT see at all. Thanks...

Try messing with your monitors brightness level

in the options menu, there's a lighting setting you can adjust to make darkness "less dark"

If the full brightness level is too dark for u for some reason, go in ur .minecraft folder and find "Gamma" in your options file. set it to something crazy and it'll be brighter.

Just change your monitors brightness, or if you don't have your screen in the sun it helps.

Sometimes when a game chunk doesn't load properly, it goes really dark and you can't see it until you try walking into it or hitting it with something, whereupon it fixes itself. But this effect is usually seen outdoors on the side of hills!