Three New WordPress.com Color Schemes

We’ve launched three new color schemes to customize your WordPress.com dashboard!

April 3, 2019

Caroline Moore

Your website’s dashboard should be as welcoming to you as your website’s home page is to your visitors. One way to do that? Customize your WordPress.com dashboard with color schemes.

Today, you’ve got three new options for adding a little behind-the-scenes zing: introducing Powder Snow, Nightfall, and Sakura, designed especially for you by our Art Director, Eriko Kawakami.

Whether you prefer the gentle monotone of Powder Snow, the darker and soothing colors of Nightfall, or the vibrant, cherry-blossom-inspired Sakura, we hope you’ll find a look you love.

As part of our commitment to inclusive design, the new palettes are optimized for contrast and increased legibility. Whichever color scheme you choose, your dashboard will be stylish and readable.

Here’s how to customize your color scheme:

  1. On your desktop, sign in to the WordPress.com account that you’d like to customize.
  2. Click your account avatar in the upper right corner.
  3. Select Account Settings
  4. Select one of the options under Dashboard Color Scheme
  5. Click Save Account Settings to apply the change
Screenshot of the Account Settings page showing color schemes.
My dashboard, using the Nightfall color scheme.

More color schemes are coming, and we want your feedback! What colors do you want to see in your WordPress.com dashboard?

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  1. Rita Apr 3rd at 6:07 pm

    Thank you for updating. I totally agree color schemes are very important. It gives new life and energy.👍

    Liked by 16 people

  2. Kaffah Apr 3rd at 6:09 pm

    Getting ready for the Nightfall scheme! 👍

    Liked by 14 people

  3. edochie99 Apr 3rd at 6:14 pm

    I want a bright color on my Dashboard

    Liked by 10 people

  4. Grandmaslamp Apr 3rd at 6:23 pm

    Caroline I LOVE this! Thank you for an awesome tip!!!!

    Liked by 11 people

  5. northie Apr 3rd at 6:26 pm

    I’m very pleased you listened to the comments we made when you released the first two colour schemes. I like neither of those. I’m off to try the other three. 🙂

    Liked by 8 people

  6. whippetwisdom Apr 3rd at 7:06 pm

    A lovely selection, thank you for adding these – I’m going with the Nightfall scheme too. 💜

    Liked by 9 people

  7. hritika1808 Apr 3rd at 7:06 pm

    Well that’s some exciting update! The new color schemes would definitely bring new energy and enthusiasm amongst both bloggers and reader’s.

    Liked by 7 people

  8. Jean-Pierre Apr 3rd at 7:17 pm

    I want a pastel color on my Dashboard. Thank you.

    Liked by 9 people

  9. Thiago Apr 3rd at 7:42 pm

    I loved Nightfall!

    Liked by 8 people

  10. Karandi Apr 3rd at 7:42 pm

    Could you actually just let us modify the existing colour schemes rather than adding more?

    Liked by 9 people

  11. Liz Apr 3rd at 7:47 pm

    I made a suggesting this year that was took up quickly. But unfortunately, someone switched it back and it really helped me.
    My suggestion was that when I was on my dashboard and clicked on the bell icon when new notifications shown was to make the unread a shade darker than what it is. As I say, this was quickly changed accordingly when I suggested and now been taken back. I love these colour options and out of them one I would use as well as classic, but it still needs to be a shade darker for the unread, to make it easy for me to tell the difference.

    Liked by 7 people

  12. simonmbrooks Apr 3rd at 7:50 pm

    OM gosh, I love the deep blue. It makes my dash pop and so much nicer to work with. Thanks!

    Liked by 8 people

  13. Giraffee Girl Apr 3rd at 7:54 pm

    I love all the colors 🙂 ❤

    Liked by 10 people

  14. Thiago Apr 3rd at 7:58 pm

    I can not find the new color schemes in the desktop app.

    Liked by 10 people

  15. karinhaarblog Apr 3rd at 8:15 pm

    Nice 😃

    Liked by 9 people

  16. floatinggold Apr 3rd at 8:17 pm

    It seems like whoever is coming up with those color pairings is either color blind, or has absolutely no idea which colors go together (and which ones clash). Or both. Sticking to the lesser of those evils.

    Liked by 10 people

    • Caroline Moore Apr 4th at 2:50 pm

      We welcome feedback on what colors you’d like to see on your Dashboard. Hopefully you’ll find a palette that appeals to you in a future update!

      Liked by 6 people

      • floatinggold Apr 4th at 7:10 pm

        Thank you, Caroline for being so gracious.
        How about the colors that we had before these crazy changes? I’d be fine with that.
        Maybe blue and turquoise? Green and purple? Green and brown?
        I think that color combination is one thing, but color intensity is another. Some of these combinations are better in a lighter shade.

        Liked by 5 people

  17. The Nerdy Bipolar Mama Apr 3rd at 8:39 pm

    Do you know if this can be done on a phone through chrome?

    Liked by 9 people

  18. Tails Around the Ranch Apr 3rd at 8:58 pm

    Count me in the blues and greys camp.

    Liked by 6 people

  19. Steph Morgan Apr 3rd at 9:06 pm

    Deep teal, silvergray, black and Chinese temple red.

    Gold, new-leaf green, deep indigo, and May sky/robin’s-egg blue.

    Liked by 6 people

  20. Audrey Driscoll Apr 3rd at 9:35 pm

    Nice schemes, especially Nightfall and Sakura. They really brighten things up! Thank you!

    Liked by 8 people

  21. Ihagh G. T. Apr 3rd at 9:45 pm

    Very useful for the creating visually appealing colors for the eyes to behold. Thanks for sharing.

    Liked by 6 people

  22. Ezra Vasquez Apr 3rd at 9:46 pm

    I love features like this. Thank you!

    Liked by 8 people

  23. Deli Lanoux, Ed.D. Apr 3rd at 9:49 pm

    Ooh! Gorgeous picks. Thanks!

    Liked by 8 people

  24. Amidha K. Porter, M.A. Apr 3rd at 9:55 pm

    How disappointing to see this new color scheme available ONLY in the left-hand column, and ONLY with the “updated” interface. I am an older blogger who has never found WP particularly user-friendly, even with the newer “improvements,” and I simply continue to do what I’ve learned to make work for me over ten+ years. I was momentarily excited to find a promised improvement, but like most WP “impvovements,” it was less than impressive.

    Liked by 8 people

  25. sophrilreads Apr 3rd at 10:42 pm

    Thank you!!

    Liked by 7 people

  26. tentstories365days Apr 3rd at 11:17 pm

    Wow! This is exciting. I am excited to try my new dashboard .

    Liked by 7 people

  27. Philosophic Advisor Cleveland Apr 4th at 4:16 am

    Thanks for the post about these. I’m finding Power Snow to be less perceptually demanding than the two “Classic” themes — which helps.

    Liked by 7 people

  28. joshi daniel Apr 4th at 5:08 am

    Powder Snow looks cool. 🙂

    Liked by 8 people

  29. Eshna Apr 4th at 6:14 am

    The cover photo is so pretty!

    Liked by 7 people

  30. iakanusha Apr 4th at 6:49 am

    I loved Nightfall!! 🙂 Waiting for rest, to experiment..

    Liked by 8 people

  31. Kirtisheel Bagde Apr 4th at 8:35 am

    Thank you for beautiful colors

    Liked by 6 people

  32. Kavri Iyer Apr 4th at 9:45 am

    Freedom to choose the Dashboard colors individually is something WordPress should’ve done ages ago.

    Liked by 8 people

  33. ☕Filbo☕ Apr 4th at 2:11 pm

    I never thought that pink and turquoise would go well together. I still don’t.

    Liked by 7 people

  34. -Eugenia Apr 4th at 4:26 pm

    Thank you! 🙂

    Liked by 6 people

  35. 18cinemalane Apr 4th at 5:23 pm

    Thanks for the update! While all three color combos are really nice, my favorite is Sakura! The pairing of pink and blue is really cute! Cannot wait for the arrival of the other selections!

    Liked by 6 people

  36. gsilvosa63 Apr 4th at 7:08 pm

    now my account looks better!

    Liked by 8 people

  37. Nwoko's Books Foundation Apr 4th at 8:01 pm

    Nice one.

    Liked by 9 people

  38. travellinstranger Apr 5th at 7:08 am

    Well, you learn something new every day 😀

    Liked by 7 people

  39. Lenys Monteiro Design & Lifestyle Apr 5th at 9:08 am

    Thank you for the update.

    Liked by 7 people

  40. HP Apr 5th at 9:13 am

    Our mood is dark and dull, so let’s paint everything dark and dull. Let even the highlights be greyish and broken. Really, folks?
    Go, get some inspiration! There are different seasons of the year, different demographics, different cultures, and different personalities!
    And test-screen the palettes before you release them! We are really in need for some Happiness Engineers, here.

    Liked by 11 people

  41. ptrikha15 Apr 5th at 9:58 am

    Some great themes!

    Liked by 6 people

  42. Sanjam Laroia Apr 5th at 10:18 am

    Thanks for this post! will certainly use the tips for my blog!

    Liked by 8 people

  43. everydaywiththeking Apr 5th at 3:13 pm

    Thanks
    Love Sakura!

    Liked by 9 people

  44. QueenGQ Apr 6th at 9:48 am

    I love the picture of the rainbow arches. Rainbow color scheme would be amazing!

    Liked by 8 people

  45. Ayoife Apr 7th at 1:27 pm

    The rainbow color is beautiful!

    Liked by 8 people

  46. xicomtechnology Apr 8th at 7:05 am

    All colors are beautiful

    Liked by 8 people

  47. Netasha Adams Apr 8th at 9:20 am

    Can we use it for free accounts?… thanks

    Liked by 12 people

  48. gadgetrush Apr 10th at 10:20 am

    This is great, can’t wait to customize mine..

    Liked by 6 people

  49. deepanilamani Apr 10th at 11:42 am

    The new colour scheme is really nice. Thank you so much making all the new inventions giving us better and wider choices ❤

    Liked by 4 people

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