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description: Customize the colors in your dashboard by choosing a light or dark theme and one of 14 color palettes. Themes and color palettes help you organize and curate data in your dashboard. For example, highlight a set of summary metrics by giving them a dark theme and setting them against a light-themed dashboard.
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# Color Dashboard Data with Themes and Palettes

Customize the colors in your dashboard by choosing a light or dark theme and one of 14 color palettes. Themes and color palettes help you organize and curate data in your dashboard. For example, highlight a set of summary metrics by giving them a dark theme and setting them against a light-themed dashboard.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d30874e82 ">To set dashboard color themes and palettes:</td>

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![Animation showing how to customize dashboard color and theme](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/rd/rd_dashboards_colors.gif)

1. Edit a dashboard.
2. To change the color theme for the entire dashboard, open the properties menu by clicking ![Edit dashboard properties icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/rd/rd_settings_gear.png).
3. From Dashboard Theme, choose **Light** or **Dark**.
4. From Dashboard Palette, choose one of 14 color palettes. **Wildflowers** is the default color palette. If you need an accessible color palette, choose **Mineral**.
5. To change the color theme for an individual widget, edit the widget by clicking ![Edit component](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/pencil_lex.png). Scroll through the settings and select the **Light** or **Dark** Component Theme. Click **Update**.
    
    Individual widgets don’t support unique color palettes.
6. Save the dashboard.

If you subscribe to a dashboard that contains a custom color palette or theme, the dashboard subscription email doesn’t display the custom palette or theme.

- **[Align Report and Dashboard Charts with Your Corporate Branding](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_custom_org_themes.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Apply a consistent, professional look to all your charts without the need to manually select colors for each element. Configure a brand palette once in your org’s theme settings and apply them to report and dashboard charts.