# Changes in root colors generation **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-root-colors-generation/219953 **Category:** Support **Created:** [March 3, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-root-colors-generation/219953 "2022-03-03T13:00:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![manuel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/manuel/32/468169_2.png) [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel) #### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-root-colors-generation/219953/1 "2022-03-03T13:00:37Z")
I couldn’t find an announcement on this. I saw there’s new root color declarations (primary-900, primary-800, …) I’m working on a theme and I get different calculations for these (primary is the same), apparently depending on Discourse version? ![Screenshot from 2022-03-03 12-54-20](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/b/2b9aa35986a76aab5bccced5bb54cef10f7b395c.png) ![Screenshot from 2022-03-03 11-48-50](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/0/d0a981fc50f30fb9db98083ae8b1a7df2092287e.png) Is there more information how shades and tints will be generated? Also, if the numerical system is planned to fully replace the descriptive terms (low, medium, high,..)? ---
### Author: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don) #### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-root-colors-generation/219953/2 "2022-03-03T13:42:32Z")
Hello, I believe this is the color transformations file where you can check the percentage how these variables made. > ---
### Author: ![manuel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/manuel/32/468169_2.png) [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel) #### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-root-colors-generation/219953/3 "2022-03-03T14:38:40Z")
Thanks @Don! But yeah, I know where the colors are declared.. I was curious about the considerations behind it and the plans going forward. E.g. right now there’s numeric values for primary and tertiary. Why not for all values from a color scheme? Is that planed? Also, right now numeric values are only generating lighter tints. Why not use a more standard system where 500 is assigned the main color, with tints \<500 and shades \>500? Another topic, why are tints not generated in a more linear way, but as a blend with another main color from the color scheme? Right now I can’t use the Discourse color system to implement color declarations when a client has a comprehensive design system. I practically need to declare all values from scratch. If generated colors in Discourse are now defined in a numeric way, why not implement a system that’s consistent and more aligned with color generation in common design systems? ---
### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco) #### Post date: [March 3, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changes-in-root-colors-generation/219953/4 "2022-03-03T15:35:45Z")
> [@manuel](#): > > I saw there’s new root color declarations (primary-900, primary-800, …) Yes, see [UX: Styleguide changes & color variable additions by jordanvidrine · Pull Request #15984 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/15984/files) for context. > [@manuel](#): > > I’m working on a theme and I get different calculations for these (primary is the same), apparently depending on Discourse version? Calculation [changed 8 days ago](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8cb344ddde35e629bf63e54ce91a075c0a92958c), please update to latest.