# Color palette problem
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** dark-mode-toggle, mint-theme
**Created:** [March 14, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252 "2025-03-14T07:27:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/1 "2025-03-14T07:27:48Z")
hello, I’m using mint theme on my website and having an issue about colors. there is dark/light mode button on the top, and whenever I change the color of background of the button, it also changing the button color so it makes the “dark/light” word invisible.
in the picture as you see it looks like emtpy but actually they are 3 different buttons and says “dark, light, auto” but background and text color is same so it’s invisible
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### Author:  [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/3 "2025-03-16T07:11:12Z")
update: still having the same problem…can someone help?
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### Author:  [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/4 "2025-03-16T16:23:37Z")
> [@tenisforum](#):
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> whenever I change the color of background of the button
Hello, welcome!
Do you mean you added custom CSS to change the color? Can you share your modifications?
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### Author:  [@Andrew\_Rowe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew_Rowe)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/5 "2025-03-16T16:45:25Z")
And also some recent chatter on this forum about the dark/light toggle has pointed out that for it to work you must have a light **and** dark color palette configured in your settings
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### Author:  [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/6 "2025-03-16T17:43:46Z")
hello, thanks! No I didn’t add anything extra, I’m using mint theme. Dark/light/auto buttons color and their background is same, this is why they look like invisible. For example, I’m changing the button color, it also affectting the background of the button
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/7 "2025-03-16T18:07:54Z")
What do you have specified in your `Default dark mode color scheme ID` site setting? It should be `mint-dark`.
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### Author:  [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/8 "2025-03-16T18:16:26Z")
it is, but it doesn’t work. letters are still invisible
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### Author:  [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/9 "2025-03-16T18:43:09Z")
From what I see, the core d-menu CSS overwrites the theme button styles because it has more specificity:
But that’s not necessarily the issue.
The Mint theme uses a specific style for default button (`btn-default` class).
And the selector menu dropdown item uses a button with `btn-default`.
I wonder if it’s necessary to specify that class in core code. It doesn’t seem to offer utility, but I could be wrong.
Without it:
Or, maybe the theme needs to support the core feature:
```css
.interface-color-selector-content .btn-default {
color: var(--primary);
border: none;
transition: none;
text-transform: none;
.d-icon {
color: var(--primary-high);
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/10 "2025-03-16T19:58:36Z")
oh it’s a bit complicated let me process it 😃
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/11 "2025-03-16T20:01:01Z")
This looks like an issue in core for the design team, so I’ve moved this to the UX category.
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### Author:  [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/12 "2025-03-16T20:01:37Z")
thanks a lot!
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### Author:  [@tenisforum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenisforum)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/13 "2025-03-17T07:23:09Z")
Update: the button is dissapered. UX team working on it? 😃
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/14 "2025-08-04T15:56:50Z")
Hello,
Sorry for the long wait here. The `btn-default` class is indeed not needed here and caused the issue.
Fixed by
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34070](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/34070)
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/color-palette-problem/357252/15 "2025-08-09T14:00:18Z")
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