# Krita themes - changing stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** General Questions\ **Tags:** how-to-use\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148 "2022-08-22T14:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![larrycross](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/larrycross/32/47297_2.png) [@larrycross](https://krita-artists.org/u/larrycross)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148/1 "2022-08-22T14:25:01Z")
Is there a reference or primer for making themes, or changing elements of existing themes? Let’s say I select one of the bundled themes but I want to make a few little tweaks here and there. Is that possible? ---
**Author:** ![Ralek](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ralek/32/107058_2.png) [@Ralek](https://krita-artists.org/u/Ralek)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148/2 "2022-08-22T14:45:03Z")
You most definitely can, I’ve created my own themes personally. It wasn’t intuitive, and it had no GUI to do so easily, but it’s essentially just editing a text file with RGB values. My personal theme is located at `%APPDATA%/krita/color-schemes` on Windows, though I’m not sure where I found the original themes to edit in the first place, it was a while ago. Instincts tell me Krita uses a generic theme config and that you might be able to find a ‘QT theme editor’ GUI somewhere, but I definitely don’t know that for certain. ---
**Author:** ![AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/ahabgreybeard/32/2969_2.png) [@AhabGreybeard](https://krita-artists.org/u/AhabGreybeard)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148/3 "2022-08-22T14:54:02Z")
[Zoldyako's Themes for Krita v2](https://krita-artists.org/t/zoldyakos-themes-for-krita-v2/15634) 🙂 They’re text files with RGB values so you can easily edit them to experiment. You’ll need to close krita, add a new/edited theme file and then restart krita to check them. ---
**Author:** ![larrycross](https://krita-artists.org/user_avatar/krita-artists.org/larrycross/32/47297_2.png) [@larrycross](https://krita-artists.org/u/larrycross)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148/4 "2022-08-23T22:59:11Z")
I found the color-themes folder with the various default themes. Was able to view the contents of one no problem. But the options were limited. Is whatever’s there the only option for customization? Anything not shown is not customizable? For example the left-right, up-down scroll bars. They were hard to see in the theme I was using. Thought I could just brighten them a tad ---
**Author:** ![mugwah](https://krita-artists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@mugwah](https://krita-artists.org/u/mugwah)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148/5 "2023-07-18T10:47:02Z")
Just in case anyone wishes to tweak a theme.colors file by hand I created a little reference image to show where the RGBA values apply. Hope it helps someone! ![KritaTheme](https://krita-artists.org/uploads/default/original/3X/1/c/1ce615a4ddff89ecbca89687bff5f9e923a19720.jpeg) … and you don’t have to stop and restart Krita for the changes (to an existing .colors file) to take effect - just switch to another theme then back again. However, newly installed themes need a restart. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148/6 "2023-07-18T10:55:35Z")
Regarding Themes and modding Krita, maybe someone could be interested in this plugin from @freyalupen: > [@Plugin: Theme Creator Extension](https://krita-artists.org/t/plugin-theme-creator-extension/62953): > > Theme Creator: This plugin allows to create a basic version of a color Theme file, with (not completely accurate) previewing of it while choosing colors. Creating the theme by picking colors, and previewing their effect: The preview is inaccurate because it won’t update all widgets or properly reflect the colors for selected/disabled states, and it doesn’t account for special blending effects. The resulting exported theme’s actual appearance (after restarting Krita,… or in this one: > [@Plugin: Style Sheet Loader Extension](https://krita-artists.org/t/plugin-style-sheet-loader-extension/62955): > > Style Sheet Loader: This plugin allows to load a Qt Style Sheet and apply it to Krita’s UI. The style sheet’s filepath can be remembered and automatically loaded on startup. Loading an example stylesheet, before (regular UI): After, with custom styling. (I didn’t have or make a proper stylesheet to test with, so this is just randomly-pasted-together example code. Sorry it looks so ugly!): This shows off various things stylesheets can … Michelist