How to Change Website Colors: A Complete Guide for Site Customization

How to Change Website Colors: A Complete Guide for Site Customization

By Michael Thompson

December 10, 2024 at 02:09 AM

Modify site colors by managing color palettes and section themes for a cohesive design.

Setting Site-Wide Colors

  1. Open Site Styles panel and select Colors
  2. Click Edit Palette to choose from:
    • Presets
    • From Image (uses dominant colors)
    • From Color (builds palette around primary color)

Note: All palettes include black and white for text elements.

Changing Section Colors

  1. Open Pages panel
  2. Select page and click Edit
  3. Click Edit Section
  4. Choose theme from Colors tab
  5. Save changes

Theme Types

  • Type 1 (Lightest, Light, Dark, Darkest): Black/white text with colored backgrounds
  • Type 2: Left palette color for text, other colors for backgrounds
  • Bright: Left color for text (Bright 1) or background (Bright 2)

Customizing Theme Colors

  1. Open Site Styles > Colors
  2. Select theme to modify
  3. Choose element to change
  4. Pick new color from palette or customize
  5. Adjust opacity if needed

Color Formats Accepted

  • HEX: #FFFFFF
  • RGB/RGBa: rgba(255, 0, 149, 1)
  • HSL/HSLA: hsla(325, 100%, 50%, 1)
  • HTML: white (lowercase only)

Block Background Colors

Available for:

  • Accordion Blocks
  • Form Blocks
  • Newsletter Blocks
  • Quote Blocks
  • Summary Blocks
  • Text Blocks

To modify:

  1. Select block
  2. Toggle Background switch in Design tab
  3. Choose color from palette or customize

Version 7.0 Specific

  1. Open Design panel > Site Styles
  2. Navigate to page requiring changes
  3. Select element to modify
  4. Choose new color
  5. Adjust opacity if needed
  6. Save changes

Note: Background colors won't transfer between templates. Some templates support background images.

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