# Use own background color for dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-own-background-color-for-dashboard/41030>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [15 February 2021 14:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-own-background-color-for-dashboard/41030 "2021-02-15T14:43:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2021 21:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/use-own-background-color-for-dashboard/41030/8 "2021-02-15T21:33:03Z")

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Ah right - so the theme responsible is set to

```auto
        p, h1, h2, h3, h4 {
            color: @widgetTextColor !important;
            background-color : @widgetBorderColor !important;
        }

```

So they are forced to the theme colours to try to make everything behave 🙂  
However the easy way out is to use the setting in the Site settings tab

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/f/c/fc241b164927c22639d7cab576051c50f46f26e2.jpeg)  
which turns off the Node-RED theme inside the template - so you can then override more easily...

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