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Appearance ​

Open the preferences with the menu item Preferences, or with Ctrl+,.

The preferences dialog

Theme ​

The Appearance group holds two settings:

SettingWhat it does
BaseSays who decides between light and dark.
AccentSets the colour of buttons, links and selections.

Base has three values:

ValueWhat it does
Follow desktopThe desktop decides. A change to the desktop reaches the window at once, and a running job does not delay it.
Always lightThe window stays light, whatever the desktop does.
Always darkThe window stays dark, whatever the desktop does.

The light theme is the standard GNOME theme. The dark theme is Catppuccin Frappé.

Accent ​

The first button follows the desktop accent. The other buttons set one of these colours.

ColourLight themeDark theme
Blue
Teal
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red
Pink
Purple
Slate

The window under the light theme

The window under the dark theme