# Krita themes - changing stuff

**URL:** <https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-themes-changing-stuff/46148>\
**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")\
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**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")

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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.

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