# Choosing code highlight styles

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [15 Aprile 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608 "2016-04-15T12:51:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![precessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/precessor/32/120664_2.png) [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)
#### Post date: [15 Aprile 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608/1 "2016-04-15T12:51:40Z")

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I understand Discourse uses highlight.js for code highlighting.  
How can I change the styles used (e.g. pick a different colour scheme for “cpp”, etc) as [demoed](https://highlightjs.org/static/demo/) on the hjighlight.js site?

Thanks

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [15 Aprile 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608/2 "2016-04-15T15:12:50Z")

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You’d have to create a custom CSS scheme on Discourse and upload the appropriate file. Our default highlight.js just takes into account the color scheme from the admin panel.

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### Author: ![precessor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/precessor/32/120664_2.png) [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)
#### Post date: [15 Aprile 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608/3 "2016-04-15T15:42:13Z")

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You mean the category colors?

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [18 Aprile 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608/4 "2016-04-18T21:37:09Z")

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No. Category colors can be customized, but in Admin \> Customize \> Color Schemes you can choose the base colors of your Discourse. Highlight respects them.

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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: [8 Gennaio 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608/5 "2019-01-08T08:42:35Z")

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [8 Gennaio 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/choosing-code-highlight-styles/42608/6 "2019-01-08T17:59:28Z")

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