Four New WordPress.com Color Schemes

We’ve added four new color schemes to customize your WordPress.com dashboard!

July 24, 2019

Caroline Moore

We heard you: You want bolder and brighter colors on WordPress.com. Today we’re bringing your WordPress.com dashboard to life with four new color schemes: introducing Midnight, Sunset, Ocean, and Contrast.

You may recognize some of these colors as old friends. Midnight, Sunset, and Ocean are based on early versions of WordPress — a nod to our roots as we evolve:

  • Midnight color scheme
  • Sunset color scheme
  • Ocean color scheme

If bright and bold isn’t your jam, you might prefer Contrast, a black-and-white scheme meant to bring your WordPress.com dashboard into sharp focus:

Screenshot of the WordPress.com dashboard with Contrast color scheme applied.

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 remains 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 WordPress.com Account Settings.

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  1. scatteredbrained Jul 24th at 3:13 pm

    Neat!

    Liked by 15 people

  2. WordSpeaks Jul 24th at 3:18 pm

    Awesome!!!! I was just playing with the color schemes and themes yesterday. So this is timely. Thank you for sharing 😀

    Liked by 14 people

  3. Juhi Gupta Jul 24th at 3:22 pm

    Beautiful

    Liked by 17 people

  4. Daniel Sale Jul 24th at 3:28 pm

    I love the “Ocean” one. I’m curious, are there any plans of incorporating color schemes into the Windows app?

    Liked by 17 people

  5. ToDesce.com Jul 24th at 3:59 pm

    Love it

    Liked by 13 people

  6. onespoiledcat Jul 24th at 5:06 pm

    These are nice options – I assume they are just for hosted blogs. I don’t get a choice of colors with my free blog when I checked, but that’s OK.

    Liked by 8 people

  7. Wishful Thinking Jul 24th at 5:14 pm

    Captivating colour schemes. I liked them

    Liked by 10 people

  8. riffatwajidblogs Jul 24th at 5:20 pm

    Beautiful ☆☆☆

    Liked by 6 people

  9. Jacquie Biggar Jul 24th at 5:40 pm

    Thank you, love them!

    Liked by 10 people

  10. kimyates887gmailcom Jul 24th at 8:38 pm

    Love them!!! thanks for posting 😁

    Liked by 8 people

  11. nekorieeon Jul 24th at 10:26 pm

    Oh, that’s cool. Gonna try it. Thanks 😊

    Liked by 9 people

  12. sandysbookaday Jul 25th at 12:42 am

    Lovely selection. 😍

    Liked by 13 people

  13. Ms. Liz Jul 25th at 7:14 am

    For me there’s actually not much choice as there’s only two options that have the orange colour for the notifications “spot” that appears by the bell. Many of them have blue spots that don’t have clear enough contrast on the bar that the “bell” is on. I dislike the bright pink colour so avoid that. That leaves me my current classic choice plus one other. Can’t say I’m excited about it.

    Liked by 9 people

  14. JenT Jul 25th at 7:15 am

    Thanks for the new color schemes! Looking forward to having Coffee, too. (I ❤ coffee!)

    Liked by 8 people

  15. Geeta Sundaram Jul 25th at 7:56 am

    Hi Caroline. I am going with Classic Blue, but as an advertising and brand communications professional, I have a suggestion. I think WordPress as a company should stick to its brand colour, which I think is a particular shade of blue. You ought to retain this as a fixed colour for your header/masthead and then suggest other colours around it that might work as good combinations. That way, you retain WordPress’s brand identity and at the same time, you allow bloggers to customise their dashboard to suit their tastes. What do you think?

    Liked by 8 people

  16. Madam Estate Jul 25th at 9:00 am

    Thank you for the FYI. I changed my color immediately.

    Liked by 9 people

  17. bellezaftmoda Jul 25th at 11:23 am

    this is amazing!!!!!

    Liked by 12 people

  18. Angela Jul 25th at 12:06 pm

    I am very happy with mine, but I love that you keep adding more.

    Liked by 12 people

  19. Evan Wambugu Jul 25th at 2:04 pm

    Awesome!

    Liked by 12 people

  20. -Eugenia Jul 25th at 5:55 pm

    Love it!

    Liked by 10 people

  21. 18cinemalane Jul 25th at 8:00 pm

    These new colors are great! I really like the “Sunset” combination, as it compliments my blog logo. Really excited for more color palettes to be introduced!

    Liked by 8 people

  22. Jedidah 💜 Jul 26th at 7:01 am

    Beautiful😀

    Liked by 11 people

  23. angeldevera Jul 26th at 8:11 am

    Happy for the sea

    Liked by 10 people

  24. Tượng Trang Trí Việt Nam Jul 26th at 8:12 am

    love it !

    Liked by 9 people

  25. mindgainsofficial Jul 26th at 5:20 pm

    Wow, can’t wait to try these out

    Liked by 11 people

  26. deepanilamani Jul 26th at 7:58 pm

    Thank you for all the information. I just love the new colours especially the “Sunset” It is always good to, go in for new things and changes, that means we are moving ahead in life 🙂

    Liked by 10 people

  27. ryanfrizky Jul 26th at 11:01 pm

    Thank you, I’ll choose the red and black one!

    Liked by 8 people

  28. NaomYb’ Jul 27th at 8:58 pm

    I like Sakura (.. actually I used Sakura theme as I have recognized the new theme changes and just liked the colors tender and nice ) .. then now found the theme name is “ Sakura : cherry blossoms “ one of the flowers I like a lot 🙂

    Liked by 8 people

  29. Peculiar Jul 28th at 9:07 pm

    Captivating variety of color scheme

    Liked by 7 people

  30. Muhammad Fahmi Lubis Jul 29th at 7:22 am

    Thank you so much! I jumped straightaway to the Settings haha.

    Liked by 10 people

  31. sadeem ilyas Jul 30th at 6:00 am

    These colors are so attractive

    Liked by 9 people

  32. Gikzlit254 Jul 30th at 8:00 am

    Thanks for improvements, dashboard seems alive now

    Liked by 10 people

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