# Dark theme version that inherits light theme + overrides portions?

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**Created:** [September 17, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dark-theme-version-that-inherits-light-theme-overrides-portions/164399 "2020-09-17T23:31:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dark-theme-version-that-inherits-light-theme-overrides-portions/164399/2 "2020-09-19T19:04:59Z")

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> [@paulrudy](#):
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> But there is CSS I’d like to alter specifically when the dark color scheme is in use.

Can you share what CSS you would specifically like to alter only for the dark color scheme? In theory, if it’s only colors, you can do this using color definitions. If it’s more than that, you will need separate themes (and you would need to also give up on automatic dark mode switching).

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