# Changing Color Palette - Light (default)
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023 "2023-07-27T08:41:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@anderer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anderer)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023/1 "2023-07-27T08:41:01Z")
I was wondering how I can change the Light (default) Color Palette as it is not listed in the Customize/Colors Section … although changing in CSS works - I found out that it is not recommendable as then the colors does not switch when changing to dark theme. so only after some research here on meta I found the “preferred” way
> [@Restore default light theme after deleting it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-default-light-theme-after-deleting-it/100096):
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> Hi guys, Had a bug the other day where setting default theme wasn’t behaving swapping from light to dark etc, this persisted through log/out/in and a rebuild. In the end I removed the light/default theme to “fix” it thinking I could just fetch the light theme from here somewhere and I can’t see it. Is the native theme available as a standalone somewhere that I’m missing or do I have to wait and upgrade discourse when the next main update comes along? Thanks
Maybe it is an option to include changing the default colors in the admin area - if not I am documenting it here for others who might just want to change one or two colors from default.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023/2 "2023-07-27T09:19:44Z")
Can’t you just hit “New” colour scheme and it will allow you to select “Light” as base?
Then edit the colours and change the Theme association, done?
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### Author:  [@anderer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anderer)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023/3 "2023-07-27T09:22:10Z")
Yes, that s exactely what I have done - but it occured to me only through the above mentioned post : )
because i did not want to have a new color palette but change a couple of colours in default : )
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023/5 "2023-07-27T09:23:39Z")
> [@anderer](#):
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> but change a couple of colours in default : )
That’s exactly what my solution does.
Copies the default, then allows you to edit them.
It makes sense not to change the default itself.
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### Author:  [@anderer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anderer)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023/6 "2023-07-27T09:23:48Z")
Yes, it was just to document it - in case others are looking for the same issue
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 9:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023/7 "2023-07-27T09:26:57Z")
Yeah, it’s not 100% intuitive so worth highlighting 👍
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-color-palette-light-default/273023/8 "2023-08-26T09:27:51Z")
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