# How to set text color of topic that was read already?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [2016年七月3日 12:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-text-color-of-topic-that-was-read-already/46773 "2016-07-03T12:49:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Post date:** [2016年七月3日 12:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-set-text-color-of-topic-that-was-read-already/46773/2 "2016-07-03T12:58:05Z")

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[You probably won’t be surprised](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-set-alternating-colors-in-the-list-of-topics/46768/2) that this can be done with a CSS customization 🙂

The general approach to find these is to 1️⃣ right-click the element you want to customize, select Inspect 2️⃣ and look for the CCS classes 3️⃣. Then, you write CCS to target this (your favorite search engine will help you), and test it by directly injecting it in your browser 4️⃣.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/c/4ca0d7e4bf2ee5eca03419d0fe76ff8a67671695.png)

Once you’re done, simply apply it in site settings.

In this case, the following will make these topics appear red:

```ccs
.title.visited {
    color: #FF0000 !important;
}

```

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/e/9efd18221f09486a28de31934be231f9a5a7583c.png)

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