You can disable the dark page background in Dark Mode and keep the page light. Go to File > Options > General > Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office. By the Office Theme color selection box, select the checkbox for Never change the document page color. Select OK to return to your document.

Select Start > Settings > Personalization > Colors, and then choose your own color, or let Windows pull an accent color from your background. Change desktop colors. Use the Windows 10 Settings app to change your desktop background color.

Windows macOS. To add some extra visual interest to your document, add a background color using the Page Color button. You can also add a watermark. Add or change the background color. Go to Design > Page Color. Choose the color you want under Theme Colors or Standard Colors.

Or select the Automatically pick an accent color from my background box to have Windows select the color. The accent color will help offset and complement the Dark mode.

Windows 11 Windows 10. Select Start > Settings > Personalization. The preview window gives you a sneak peek of your changes as you make them. In Personalize your background, you can select a picture, a solid color, or a slideshow of pictures you create. Or you can choose Windows spotlight to see a new image from around the world every day.

The dark theme changes the default bright background color in the new Microsoft Edge to a darker color, which is easier on the eyes in low-light environments or if you prefer less bright interfaces. Here's how to activate dark mode: Go to Settings and more > Settings . Select Appearance from the Settings list.

In Word, you can use the Immersive Reader view to change the background color to black. In Word, select View > Immersive Reader . To change the background color, on the Immersive Reader tab, select Page Color and then pick (Black) from the color palette.

On the Page Layout tab in Excel or the Design tab in Word, click Colors, and then click Customize Colors. Click the button next to the theme color you want to change (for example, Accent 1 or Hyperlink ), and then pick a color under Theme Colors.

Windows 11 Windows 10. Select Start > Settings > Personalization. The preview window gives you a sneak peek of your changes as you make them. In Personalize your background, you can select a picture, a solid color, or a slideshow of pictures you create. Or you can choose Windows spotlight to see a new image from around the world every day.

While OneNote is in Dark Mode, you can choose to switch the background of the page canvas from dark to light at any time. Do the following: Make sure OneNote is configured for Dark Mode.