# Can I change the display color of the board on my system?

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**Created:** [October 5, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-display-color-of-the-board-on-my-system/466574 "2008-10-05T17:59:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-display-color-of-the-board-on-my-system/466574/1 "2008-10-05T17:59:59Z")

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Is there a way to change the appearance of the board for readability on my end? I want a dark background and light letters. It’s easier for me to read.

Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-display-color-of-the-board-on-my-system/466574/2 "2008-10-05T22:25:02Z")

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> [@Cubsfan](#):
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> Is there a way to change the appearance of the board for readability on my end? I want a dark background and light letters. It’s easier for me to read.
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> Anyone?

Holy crap! You read my mind. I was thinking this exact thing last night.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-display-color-of-the-board-on-my-system/466574/3 "2008-10-06T17:11:12Z")

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In Firefox and IE, you can set up a custom style sheet.

In Firefox, there may be a Greasemonkey script that does this for vBulletin. There’s a style called “Darken” you can use with the Stylish extension. The version I have displays gray on black. You may be able to modify it for your own uses or find a different one.

Google these topics for more info.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-display-color-of-the-board-on-my-system/466574/4 "2008-10-06T18:16:28Z")

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There was a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=8775517#post8775517) on how to change the background color and default font, but not the text color.

Y’all could PM [**Dead Badger**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) and/or [**choie**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) and see if they could post the rest of the fix.

CMC +fnord!

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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change-the-display-color-of-the-board-on-my-system/466574/5 "2008-10-07T00:15:40Z")

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I swear I’ve been on vBulletin boards where it’s a simple setting in the user cp.