Windows 10: Change Window Background Color in Windows 10

How to: Change Window Background Color in Windows 10

How to Change Window Background Color in Windows 10


The window color is the background color used in classic Win32 system windows, dialogs, and property pages in Windows 10.

The window background color is white by default in Windows 10.

This tutorial will show you how to change the window background color used for your account in Windows 10.

The window background color you set will only be applied to your current theme. If you saved for the selected theme.


EXAMPLE: Window background color when changed to "yellow"

These are some of the system windows, dialogs, and property pages I found the window background color change in so far. Please feel free to post a screenshot here of other items you notice the window background color change in.












































Here's How:

1 Press the Win+R keys to open Run, type regedit into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Registry Editor.

2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors




3 In the right pane of the Colors key, double click/tap on the Window string value to modify it. (see screenshot above)

4 Enter the 3 Red Green Blue (ex: 255 255 0) numbers (see tip box below) for the color (ex: yellow) you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

The default RGB value is 255 255 255 for the color white.





To find out the Red Green Blue (RGB) numbers for the custom color you want:

A) Open Paint (mspaint.exe).

B) Click/tap on the Edit colors button in the Home tab.

C) Select a color, and adjust the color to what you want.

D) The Red Green Blue numbers for the color will be at the bottom right corner of the Edit Colors dialog.

E) When finished, you can close Edit Colors and Paint.






5 Close Registry Editor.

6 sign in to apply.

7 You may need to repeat this tutorial until you find a window background color that looks good to you.


That's it,
Shawn


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Wallpaper (background) color

Hi Aaron,

I realize that the background color changed from blue to black. I will try to help you with this issue.

• 
  Did you make any changes to the PC prior to this issue?
  

Close all open windows, restart the computer once and then login to the computer to check if that helps.

Suggest you to refer to this article to check if that helps.

Change your desktop background and colors: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...6c6/change-your-desktop-background-and-colors

Further you may also want to ensure that default theme is selected. Follow these steps:

• 
  Press Windows key + I to get the Settings screen.
  
• 
  Click Personalization and select Themes.
  
• 
  Click on Theme Settings to select Windows Default Themes.
  

Keep us informed to help you further.

 

Screen background color

Hi,





You can try these steps in changing the
Background color:

• 
  Go to
  Settings.
  
• 
  Choose
  Personalization.
  
• 
  On the left-side of the window, select
  Colors.
  
• 
  Then
  Choose a Color.
  

Let us know how it goes.



Regards.

 

change desktop background color

Hi,

To change the desktop background into a solid color, see the steps below:

• Right-click on the desktop, and select Personalize.
• Under Personalization, select Background.
• On the right pane, click on the drop-down menu for Background, and then select
  Solid color.
• Choose your preferred color and it should immediately make changes.

Let us know how it goes.

 

How to do you change the screen background color on Windows 10

Hi Luz,

You can easily change your screen background color in Windows 10 by following the steps listed below:

• Go to Start > Settings > Personalization.
• From the left pane, select Background.
• Under Background, press the dropdown arrow and choose
  Solid color.
  
  

For your reference, please check the link provided below:

Change desktop background and colors.

Feel free to post in the Community if you have additional concerns.

 

change desktop background color

Patricia Ray

The answer given below did not solve my problem. I followed the steps given and when I returned to my work screen it was still black, there does not seem anyway to save your changes and color selection.