I noticed that some palettes have more options to set colors than others. For example the Dracula palette has way more options than other palettes. I saw this post, but I don’t know if this is relevant: [image] Why might dark-light-choose() not work? Support …

Yes, a theme can directly override individual colors — this isn’t possible via the color palette admin area [image] Override values for auto-generated color variables megaphoneAnnouncements As of v2.3.3 (released early September) you can now override our autom…

Thank you for sharing that. So, to someone who’s not yet very familiar with some of the stuff, that means I need to SSH my server (if that’s what the terminology is?) and find that json file, make those changes, and then it would be reflected in the UI? If so, then we can override the default vari…

[image] alltiagocom: that means I need to SSH my server (if that’s what the terminology is?) and find that json file, make those changes, and then it would be reflected in the UI? if you did it this way, I think it would probably get overwritten by the next Discourse update… so generally you …

There’s a lot to digest here, but I will definitely take some time to read, analyze it, and test it. Thank you so much for the detailed reply. I saved it to my notes. :raising_hands:

How to add more options to color palettes?

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awesomerobot (Kris) August 14, 2025, 3:37pm 2

Yes, a theme can directly override individual colors — this isn’t possible via the color palette admin area

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How to add more options to color palettes?

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