# Can't change the default colors of the theme to white

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-the-default-colors-of-the-theme-to-white/252261
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 19, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-the-default-colors-of-the-theme-to-white/252261 "2023-01-19T07:31:50Z")
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### Author: ![Ankush\_Santra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ankush_santra/32/289837_2.png) [@Ankush\_Santra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ankush_Santra)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-the-default-colors-of-the-theme-to-white/252261/1 "2023-01-19T07:31:50Z")

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Greetings of the day!  
I have recently started a discourse forum. Here’s the [link](https://closertogoals.com/). By default, the theme was dark. Even if I change the colors to white, it remains dark. The current version of discourse is 3.1.0.beta1. Here are some screenshots to support this topic:

 ![Screenshot 2023-01-19 125751](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/6/1/2613362591795d82de1ae5650d2e11404aa510ab.png)  
As you can see, the default theme is **Light**.  
Being a new user, I can’t upload another one, but you can open my website in a new tab to see how it looks.  
Thank You in advance for helping a beginner out.

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### Author: ![piffy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/piffy/32/254198_2.png) [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-the-default-colors-of-the-theme-to-white/252261/2 "2023-01-19T07:47:58Z")

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It’s light for me when I click the link

You can go into your Preferences \> Interface to change your color scheme there, which will only affect your account. I suspect your browser could be indicating the preference for dark mode which could be why it’s dark for you by default

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### Author: ![Ankush\_Santra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ankush_santra/32/289837_2.png) [@Ankush\_Santra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ankush_Santra)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-the-default-colors-of-the-theme-to-white/252261/3 "2023-01-19T12:26:26Z")

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Thank You so much for the help, time and expertise. Much appreciated. Once I turned the dark mode off, I was able to see a white website.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-change-the-default-colors-of-the-theme-to-white/252261/4 "2023-02-18T12:26:45Z")

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