# Missing dark mode feature?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 26, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485 "2021-09-26T15:15:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Amethi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/amethi/32/88690_2.png) [@Amethi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amethi)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485/1 "2021-09-26T15:15:23Z")

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Hello. I’m not sure what’s going on, but my forum doesn’t have a dark mode, but if I install a new Discourse instance, I can see the colour palettes and user preferences for Dark mode. Any ideas what’s up\>

**My forum - Admin:**  
There’s no options in the Colour Palette dropdown.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/3/d316570720fbdb0ced55de88b65d72e0126c72ad.png)

My forum - User preferences:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/c/5cd19e600c539a60e5efd34878808dfb6051c425.png)

**A new Discourse instance - Admin:**  
Colour palette options:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/8/b8c9e42e62480bc158b5e8c4209116d04cfffda2.png)

A new Discourse instance - User preferences:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/4/046522a6279a8cad81d987f8b449d23885bfaa5f.png)

Forum:

> **[londonbikers.com](https://londonbikers.com)**
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> London's motorcycling community. Established in 2004 to connect riders.

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**Author:** ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485/2 "2021-09-26T15:19:48Z")

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Thats odd. For now just create a new theme called dark and apply the dark colour scheme to it along side any theme components.

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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485/3 "2021-09-26T16:45:55Z")

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Can you go to `/admin/customize/colors` and add a dark colour palette there?

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**Author:** ![Amethi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/amethi/32/88690_2.png) [@Amethi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amethi)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485/5 "2021-09-27T07:07:46Z")

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Ah, that did the trick.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485/6 "2021-09-27T09:57:44Z")

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To get the extra ‘dark mode’ box I think you have to add two dark colour palettes (for my test I added dark and WCAG dark). I then also had to log-out and log back in again for the changes on my preference page to take effect.

And removing the second dark colour palette (and logging-out and back in again) removed the second ‘dark mode’ dropdown.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 9:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-dark-mode-feature/204485/7 "2021-10-27T09:58:45Z")

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