Scrivener theme generator

Pick four colors, check the preview, download a dark or light theme file for Scrivener 3 on Windows or macOS. Every hover, selection, find and revision color is derived and contrast-checked, so nothing is left at a default.

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Randomizer

Core colors

Fine-tune all derived colors

Export

Share a theme by copying this code. Anyone can paste it here and load the same colors.

Windows: Window, Themes, Import Theme, then restart. A dark page exports a dark theme with light icons; a light page a light theme with dark icons.

macOS (beta): Window, Theme, Import Theme. The Mac file sets the editor, binder, corkboard, outliner, notes and composition colors. macOS draws its own menus, toolbar and selection highlight, so those follow your system settings, and the preview here shows the Windows layout. This export is new: if something looks wrong, please report it.

Preview

FileEditInsertViewNavigateProjectDocumentsFormatWindowHelp
Undo
Redo
Cut
Copy
Paste
Paste and Match Style
Toolbar and window background
Manuscript
Chapter 1
Scene one
Scene two
Chapter 2
Scene three
Selected scene
Another scene
Characters
Places
Research
Trash
Selected scene

 

 

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

This is the current line when line highlighting is on.

Selected text, a find match like this, the current match like this, and a project search hit like this.

A link, a visited link, a mispeled word, and an inline footnote.

Revisions: first, second, third, fourth, fifth.

Selected sceneSynopsis text on the index card.

Notes

Document notes.
Bookmarks
Words: 2,431   Chars: 13,902

Contrast check

Text on the page aims for 7:1, other text 4.5:1, dimmed and decorative marks lower by design. A red row means that state will be hard to read in Scrivener.