Palette
Usage
Open Appearance → Customize → Styles → Palette to set your brand colors. Each color becomes a choice across the site: block color pickers, buttons, header and footer backgrounds, and text colors all use this palette.
Start with Primary, Secondary, and Accent for your main brand colors. Then adjust Text and Muted so body text and captions are easy to read on Canvas and your page background.
When to use it
- Launching a new site, or updating brand colors after Theme Setup.
- Fixing contrast. If links or buttons look faint, check Primary against Text and Canvas.
- Before adjusting Styles → Buttons, Links, or the Header & Menus colors, which all pick from the palette.
Tips
- Canvas is for cards and panels. The color behind whole pages is Body Background under Settings → General.
- Success and Failure color form messages. Keep them distinct from your brand colors so errors and confirmations stand out.
- Palette changes update many blocks at once. Publish at a quiet moment.
Settings
Palette
Extra brand accent beyond Primary, Secondary, and Accent. Available anywhere the extended palette is offered.
Default color for body copy and most headings. Blocks and typography settings that pick Text use this value.
Softer text for captions, meta lines, and secondary labels. Pair with Text for readable hierarchy.
Background fill for cards, panels, and Canvas color choices in blocks — separate from the page Body Background in Site Settings.
Positive feedback color for form confirmations and success states.
Error and validation color for form messages and alerts.