# Feature OP-6584 - Simplify instance color theme changes (EE)

Project: OpenProject
Status: closed
URL: https://community.openproject.org/work_packages/OP-6584

## Planning

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| Priority | Medium |
| Target versions | 10.4.0 |
| Sprint | 10.4.0 |
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| Requires doc change | Yes |
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## Description

### Current

When an admin wants to change the color scheme of OpenProject, there are several difficulties to face:

*   The are a lot of colours to set, which are not in a logical order
*   The name of the colors is the variable name (e.g. `header-bg-hover-color`) which is unintuitive.
*   Only for some colours there is an explanatory text to make clear what this color defines exactly.

### Expected

Changing the color theme should be rather simple. Therefor I suggest the following changes:

*   Change the order of the colours so that things that belong together are shown together.
*   Offer a natural language name for every colour instead of the variable name.
*   Provide more explanatory texts if necessary.

Further we could think about providing predefined color themes (like "OpenProject Light"). This has two advantages in my eyes:

*   The admin sees easily (with one click) what is meant by changing the colours. Thus this could promote the design feature.
*   The admin could use the predefined themes as an starting point for his/her own design. Thus it will be easier because less colours need to be changed.