I was previously using the CSS from GitHub - pyxfluff/Blackout · GitHub to change the background to a deeper black (you can see examples Blackout - A Theme For OLED Displays ). It was working fine, but today after I updated all the read topics on the main page have defaulted to the grey color of the…

it was used as third color mode for a couple skins so you could have light/dark/this. It’s not super important I more just wanted to understand what exactly changed and how to do something about it so that when something breaks I can actually fix it instead of hoping it just doesn’t. Especially when…

Recently, new color variables were added. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/20f57aec12a5d2291c79a447d18eb3f164877c61 I think this added, for example, the background color on visited topics: [Screenshot_20250710_160842_Firefox]

I haven’t updated the theme since 2023 or so, some breakage is to be expected. I wasn’t even sure anybody was actually using the theme but I’ll fix it when I get some time free, thanks for letting me know.

New update changed how my CSS targets new/unread topic background colors and I don't know how to fix it

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) July 10, 2025, 1:32pm 2

Why not just change the colors in a color pallette?

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New update changed how my CSS targets new/unread topic background colors and I don't know how to fix it

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