# Different color unspecified in color scheme appearing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-color-unspecified-in-color-scheme-appearing/94244
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [8 augustus 2018 om 20:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-color-unspecified-in-color-scheme-appearing/94244 "2018-08-08T20:41:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [8 augustus 2018 om 21:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-color-unspecified-in-color-scheme-appearing/94244/2 "2018-08-08T21:03:26Z")

</div>

While we have 10 base colors you can define in the color scheme menu, we actually generate 22 more colors from those that are used throughout Discourse ([you can see all the colors here](https://theme-creator.discourse.org/styleguide/atoms/colors), this page was generated by our [Styleguide plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-official-discourse-styleguide-plugin/67405)).

In this case specifically, your `primary` color `#f8f8ff` is slightly blue, and it’s being darkened to create suitable contrast so it stands out against `secondary` (the site’s background) while `primary` colored text is still also readable on top of it.

You can experiment a little to see the effects. If you change `primary` slightly to #eff1f4, for example you get

 ![03%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/e/ce6a726de6e95dc07e006fe8ad45f87f71397421.png)

or if you remove the blue from your `primary` and make it `#f8f8f8` you get

 ![49%20PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/d/6df1dbcac38204710d35ff9ebfb42f8eabdc809c.png)

If you want to dictate specific colors for every element, custom CSS is the way to go.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-color-unspecified-in-color-scheme-appearing/94244)._