# custom color schemes

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/custom-color-schemes/29180>\
**Category:** Scrivener for macOS\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [January 21, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/custom-color-schemes/29180 "2015-01-21T21:39:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Claudia](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/claudia/32/19289_2.png) [@Claudia](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Claudia)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/custom-color-schemes/29180/1 "2015-01-21T21:39:18Z")

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I thought I saw something on some forum or another or some blog or another about being able to save a color setup as a theme so that each project could have different color choices. Now I can’t find it. I set up one project with colors I like for that project, but then when I opened another one, it had the same colors. For poetry I prefer the default. How do I change it without changing it across all the projects? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![MimeticMouton](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/mimeticmouton/32/34_2.png) [@MimeticMouton](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/MimeticMouton)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/custom-color-schemes/29180/2 "2015-01-21T23:47:33Z")

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If you’re talking about the main interface colours for the binder background, the editor, etc., these are common to all projects. You can save the appearance preference settings as a theme, however, from the “Manage…” menu in Scrivener \> Preferences, and you can then quickly switch between themes when you change projects.

Label and keyword colours are project-specific, but if you have a set of colours you typically like to use for certain types of projects, you could set up a project with those labels and keywords, then use File \> Save As Template… to create a new base template for future projects of that type which you can use instead of the built-in default.

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**Author:** ![Claudia](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/claudia/32/19289_2.png) [@Claudia](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Claudia)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/custom-color-schemes/29180/3 "2015-01-29T22:53:39Z")

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Thank you! The Preferences\>Manage thing was exactly what I was looking for!