# IDE background color

**URL:** <https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-background-color/374856>\
**Category:** IDE 1.x\
**Created:** [March 25, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-background-color/374856 "2016-03-25T06:53:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Frankq\_it](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Frankq\_it](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/Frankq_it)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-background-color/374856/1 "2016-03-25T06:53:04Z")

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Good morning  
in the error window, the background is black and the text is red. This combination is very annoying for me. How can I change the settings to have a different combination?  
Franco Querci

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**Author:** ![pert](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/pert/32/217111_2.png) [@pert](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/pert)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-background-color/374856/2 "2016-03-25T07:44:12Z")

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You can set the colors and font by editing the # GUI - CONSOLE section of {Arduino IDE installation folder}/lib/theme/theme.txt.

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**Author:** ![Frankq\_it](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Frankq\_it](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/Frankq_it)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-background-color/374856/3 "2016-03-26T06:03:58Z")

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thank you  
Franco

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/arduino/user_avatar/forum.arduino.cc/system/32/1140315_2.png) [@system](https://forum.arduino.cc/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-background-color/374856/4 "2021-05-05T16:09:01Z")

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Closed on May 5, 2021, 4:09pm UTC