# Documentation for color files in the folder color-shemes?

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/documentation-for-color-files-in-the-folder-color-shemes/115853>\
**Category:** Basics & Interface\
**Tags:** version-5\
**Created:** [February 18, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/documentation-for-color-files-in-the-folder-color-shemes/115853 "2025-02-18T10:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/michelist/32/65826_2.png) [@Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/u/Michelist)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/documentation-for-color-files-in-the-folder-color-shemes/115853/2 "2025-02-18T11:37:09Z")

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Here we have a plugin that makes your life much easier → [Plugin: Theme Creator Extension](https://krita-artists.org/t/plugin-theme-creator-extension/62953) there you can address the elements whose color you want to change directly via its input mask.

But otherwise it is true, in these `*.colors` files can be a lot of values that aren’t available in Krita since this file format stems from / is for basically all and any KDE applications, and you can customize whole KDE desktops via this format, so if you are searching for a documentation on this, you have to search in that direction.  
So the group KDE will be for the whole desktop I guess and WM is the usual abbreviation for WindowManager.

Michelist

Add/Edit: Also guessed, BackgroundAlternate will probably be for selected items like a selected layer gets a new background color.

Add/Edit 2: Also this will be helpful for a deeper search on the roots of this: [Plugin: Theme Creator Extension - #10 by freyalupen](https://krita-artists.org/t/plugin-theme-creator-extension/62953/10), and I don’t know if you already found one of my posts about more sources for color profiles, this one for instance: [More Krita themes that go hard - #16 by Michelist](https://krita-artists.org/t/more-krita-themes-that-go-hard/89032/16) → and there you should follow this link to get access to thousands of ready-made color-schemes: [KDE - pling.com](https://www.pling.com/browse?cat=517&ord=latest)

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