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Themes & Appearance

Last updated October 20, 2026

A theme sets the colors of the documents list and the editor. Choose one in Settings > Appearance. The same tab sets how tracked changes are marked in the editor.

Open settings

From	How
The editor	Click Settings at the end of the tab row, after Review. It is hidden in narrow windows.
The document	Right-click in the document and choose Settings.
The documents list	Click Settings at the bottom of the left sidebar.
The account menu	Click your avatar in the top right corner, then Settings.

Settings at the end of the editor's tab row

Settings opens on the tab you last viewed in this browser. Settings requires an account. Signed out, the Settings buttons open the sign-up dialog.

Choose a theme

Open Settings and choose Appearance.
Under Theme, click a theme. It applies at once.

The Theme section with the cards Automatic, Light, Dark, Albuquerque, and Ember — The Theme section of Settings > Appearance

Theme	Colors	Applies to
Automatic	Light or dark, following your operating system	All of revise.io
Light	Dark text on white pages	All of revise.io
Dark	Light text on dark pages	All of revise.io
Albuquerque	Low contrast: brown text on warm paper	The documents list and the editor
Ember	Orange text on near-black pages	The documents list and the editor

Automatic, Light, and Dark set the color mode for the whole site. Albuquerque, Ember, and custom themes color only the documents list and the editor. Other pages, such as pricing and the blog, keep your color mode. Choosing Automatic, Light, or Dark again turns off a colored theme.

The editor in the Albuquerque theme: beige ribbon and page with brown text — The editor in Albuquerque

A theme changes how documents look on screen. It does not change their content. Your theme is saved to your account and applies on every device where you sign in.

Create a custom theme

Open Settings > Appearance.
On the theme to start from, click Clone (the copy icon in the card's corner). Any theme except Automatic can be cloned, including your own.
The copy is named after the original, such as Albuquerque copy. It becomes the active theme and its editor opens below the cards.
Change the name, the base, and the colors. Changes apply as you edit.
Click Done to close the editor.

The theme editor with the name Albuquerque copy, Based on set to Light, and the first color rows — The theme editor for a copy of Albuquerque

Based on is Light or Dark. It sets the color scheme for parts a theme does not color, such as scrollbars and form controls.

Each color has a swatch and a hex field. Click the swatch to open a color picker, or type a value such as #5b4733 in the field. Lighter and darker shades, borders, and secondary text are mixed from these colors.

Color	Used for
App background	Behind the pages and the documents list
Panels	Toolbar, sidebars, menus, and the chat
Page	The pages documents are written on
Page border	The outline around each page
Text	Document and interface text
Accent	Selection, links, and buttons
Red	Deleted text and delete buttons
Green	Inserted text and confirmations
Yellow	Formatting changes and search matches

The end of the theme editor: the Yellow color, then Reset to Light, Delete theme, and Done — Reset, delete, and close at the end of the theme editor

Reset to Light or Reset to Dark sets every color back to the stock theme for the current base.
Delete theme asks for confirmation, then removes the theme. If it was active, the color mode it was based on takes its place.
To edit a custom theme later, click its card under Theme.

Tracked change style

Tracked changes, under the themes, sets how suggested insertions and deletions appear in the editor. It applies to every document and to suggestions from the AI agent, Suggesting Mode, and imported Word files.

The Tracked changes section with the Revise and Redmond options — The two tracked change styles

Style	Insertions	Deletions	Show Before & After
Revise (default)	Green, on a light green highlight	Red and struck through, on a light red highlight	Your choice in the Review tab
Redmond	Red and underlined	Red and struck through	Always on. The Review tab hides the checkbox.

Redmond matches the way Microsoft Word shows tracked changes. Replaced text always appears struck through, next to the new text. See Show deleted text.

A memo in the Redmond style: old dates struck through in red, new dates underlined in red — Suggestions in the Redmond style

Redmond adds no highlight, except on the change at the cursor. That change gets a light red highlight while the cursor is in it, or while the Review tab is on it.

A replacement under the cursor with a light red highlight behind the old and new words — The change at the cursor in the Redmond style

The style is a display setting for your account. Collaborators see suggestions in their own style. Exported Word files keep the changes as Word tracked changes in either style.

Requirements and limits

Item	Requirement or limit
Settings	An account
Built-in themes and the tracked change style	Every plan, including Free
Custom themes	Plus or Pro
Number of custom themes	24
Theme name	40 characters
Colors per theme	9

If a plan ends, custom themes are kept but hidden. The documents list and the editor use your color mode until you upgrade again.