{"id":2130,"date":"2026-08-26T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=2130"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:38:15","slug":"ui-themes","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/db\/themes-dark\/ui-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"UI Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #2b2b2b; font-family: sans-serif;\">\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"color: #307870; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0;\">UI Themes<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2152\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UiThemes.webp\" alt=\"UI Themes\" width=\"210\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UiThemes.webp 1423w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UiThemes-300x199.webp 300w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UiThemes-1024x679.webp 1024w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UiThemes-768x509.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Open Publisher lets you personalise the entire application interface with over <strong>100 unique UI themes<\/strong>. Every part of the workspace &#8211; the ribbon, sidebars, rulers, dropdowns, and buttons &#8211; updates instantly when you change theme, giving you a workspace that feels entirely your own.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"color: #307870; margin-bottom: 10px;\">Changing Your Theme<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2146\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChangingYourTheme.webp\" alt=\"Changing Your Theme\" width=\"114\" height=\"109\" \/><\/h3>\n<ol style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Open the <strong>Options<\/strong> menu from the ribbon.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Find the <strong>UI Theme<\/strong> dropdown.<\/li>\n<li>Select any theme from the list &#8211; the interface updates immediately.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2136\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TC.webp\" alt=\"Theme Categories\" width=\"110\" height=\"121\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Your selected theme is saved automatically and will be remembered the next time you open Open Publisher<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"color: #307870; margin-bottom: 10px;\">Theme Categories<\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px;\">The theme library is organised into groups covering a wide range of palettes:<\/p>\n<p><!-- Theme Categories Table (Minified) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 2px solid #307870; border-radius: 16px; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 30px; box-shadow: 0 4px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.05); padding: 0; background-color: #307870; line-height: 0;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; font-size: 14px; text-align: left; border-spacing: 0; border: none; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6;\">\n<thead style=\"background-color: #307870; color: #ffffff;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 14px 16px; font-weight: 600; border: none; width: 25%;\">Category<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 14px 16px; font-weight: 600; border: none;\">Included Themes &amp; Examples<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #d9e8e6;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e4d40; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Classic Throwbacks<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Nostalgic interface colours inspired by classic software, including Outlook Classic (Orange), macOS Aqua, and Windows 11 (Blue).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #d9e8e6;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e4d40; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Tech &amp; SaaS<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Recognisable brand colours from popular platforms, including Notion (Minimalist Black), Stripe (Blurple), Jira (Blue), Salesforce (Cloud Blue), AWS (Orange), Trello (Blue), Zoom (Blue), Oracle (Red), Ubuntu (Orange), and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #d9e8e6;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e4d40; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Social &amp; Media<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Palettes inspired by major social platforms, including Facebook (Blue), TikTok (Magenta), Snapchat (Gold), Pinterest (Red), Dribbble (Pink), SoundCloud (Orange), Medium (Green), and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #d9e8e6;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e4d40; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Design &amp; Productivity<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Themes inspired by creative tools, including Canva (Cyan), Figma (Dark), Asana (Coral), HubSpot (Orange), Evernote (Green), and Duolingo (Green).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-bottom: 1px solid #d9e8e6;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e4d40; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Gaming<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; border-left: none; border-right: none;\">Themes inspired by major gaming platforms, including PlayStation (Blue), Xbox (Green), Nintendo (Red), and Steam (Dark Blue\/Grey).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #1e4d40; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-bottom: none;\">Retail &amp; Services<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px 16px; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-bottom: none;\">Brand-inspired colours from everyday services, including Airbnb (Coral), Uber (Black), Shopify (Green), Etsy (Orange), Tesla (Red), IKEA (Blue), and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"color: #307870; margin-bottom: 10px;\">Intelligent Contrast Adaptation<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2134\" src=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ICA.webp\" alt=\"Intelligent Contrast Adaptation\" width=\"128\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ICA.webp 432w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ICA-297x300.webp 297w, http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ICA-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Open Publisher automatically detects when a high-brightness theme is active &#8211; such as Snapchat Yellow or similar light colours &#8211; and intelligently inverts the interface text and button colours to maintain strict contrast and legibility. You never need to manually adjust anything; the UI adapts itself so every element remains clearly readable regardless of which theme you choose.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"color: #307870; margin-bottom: 10px;\">A select few examples of the colour themes<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/github.com\/user-attachments\/assets\/316d6f5c-8ff2-4446-8ac0-d19e91e00bb1\" alt=\"Open Publisher 100 UI Themes\" width=\"569\" height=\"526\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/github.com\/user-attachments\/assets\/72a59109-c37d-4597-8263-f157e661af9d\" alt=\"Open Publisher theme dropdown selector\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UI Themes Open Publisher lets you personalise the entire application interface with over 100 unique UI themes. Every part of the workspace &#8211; the ribbon, sidebars, rulers, dropdowns, and buttons &#8211; updates instantly when you change theme, giving you a workspace that feels entirely your own. Changing Your Theme Open the Options menu from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[27],"class_list":["post-2130","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-themes-dark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/2130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2130"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/2130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2164,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/2130\/revisions\/2164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=2130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}