An electronic apparatus and a controlling method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a display; an outer frame to house the display; an illuminance sensor which detects a sensing value used to determine at least one of illuminance and color temperature of an external light; a memory which stores a background image, which is an image of an area behind the electronic apparatus; and a processor, which generates a content screen comprising an object layer including at least one graphic object and a background image layer including the background image. The display displays the content screen and the processor may correct the background image or provide an image effect based on the sensed values.