# No "Light scheme" colour scheme?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-light-scheme-colour-scheme/81854
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-light-scheme-colour-scheme/81854 "2018-03-01T03:31:09Z")
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### Author: ![Biscuit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/biscuit/32/94482_2.png) [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-light-scheme-colour-scheme/81854/1 "2018-03-01T03:31:09Z")

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Our default theme is based on the “Light Scheme” colour scheme. It seems to be working, but:

While viewing admin \> customise \> theme, I can see “Light Scheme” in the drop down list.

However, there’s no “Light Scheme” listed under admin \> customise \> colors.

Is this because the Light Scheme is the system default, so it’s not listed on the colors page?

I’m unsure if this is normal.

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### Author: ![tshenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tshenry/32/119495_2.png) [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-light-scheme-colour-scheme/81854/2 "2018-03-01T03:57:52Z")

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Yes, I believe that’s how it is intended to work. If you want to get a copy of the Light Scheme to modify, you can follow Customize → Colors → + New then pick Light Scheme. It should be modifiable on Colors and selectable in your themes after that.

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### Author: ![Biscuit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/biscuit/32/94482_2.png) [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-light-scheme-colour-scheme/81854/3 "2018-03-01T04:11:04Z")

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Thank you. I was a little concerned that the Light Scheme had been deleted or renamed and that this might affect users at some point. Sounds like that’s not the case 🙂

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### Author: ![david234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@david234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david234)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-light-scheme-colour-scheme/81854/4 "2018-07-06T18:32:06Z")

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I had exactly the same question - and assumed I was missing some files! In theory then the light scheme is the default and you only need to create it if you wish to make custom changes.

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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: [August 5, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-light-scheme-colour-scheme/81854/5 "2018-08-05T18:32:10Z")

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