How to Change Colors on Your Website: A Guide for Squarespace Users

How to Change Colors on Your Website: A Guide for Squarespace Users

By Michael Turner

December 9, 2024 at 09:14 PM

Primary colors define your site's visual identity. Here's how to effectively change colors across your website:

Change Site-Wide Colors:

  1. Open Site styles > Colors
  2. Click Edit palette to choose from:
    • Presets - Curated color combinations
    • From image - Generate palette from image colors
    • From color - Build palette around a primary color

Color palette with directional arrow

Color palette with directional arrow

Change Section Colors:

  1. Open Pages panel
  2. Select page and click Edit
  3. Click Edit section
  4. Choose a theme in Colors tab
  5. Click Save

White rect with text: Cancel order

White rect with text: Cancel order

Theme Types:

  • Type 1 (Lightest/Light/Dark/Darkest): Black/white text with colored backgrounds
  • Type 2: Colored text with coordinated backgrounds
  • Bright: Colored text or backgrounds with contrasting elements

Website color palette selector

Website color palette selector

Customize Colors:

  1. Open Site styles > Colors
  2. Select theme to edit
  3. Choose element to modify
  4. Pick color using:
    • Palette presets
    • Custom color picker
    • Color values (HEX, RGB, HSL)

Custom color palette with dropper tool

Custom color palette with dropper tool

Special Elements:

  • Background Colors: Available for Accordion, Form, Newsletter, Quote, and Summary blocks
  • Inset Borders: Customize border colors for inset images
  • Default Themes: Applied to system pages (404, cart, search)

Squarespace color palette dropdown menu

Squarespace color palette dropdown menu

Version 7.0 Specific:

  1. Open Design > Site Styles
  2. Navigate to desired page
  3. Select element to modify
  4. Choose new color
  5. Adjust opacity if needed
  6. Save changes

Yellow arrow points to search

Yellow arrow points to search

Note: Always consider accessibility and maintain sufficient contrast between text and background colors.

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