# How to change background colour one note?

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/how-to-change-background-colour-one-note/47530>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [12 October 2025 14:00 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/how-to-change-background-colour-one-note/47530 "2025-10-12T14:00:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leigh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/leigh/32/28126_2.png) [@Leigh](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Leigh)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2025 14:00 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/how-to-change-background-colour-one-note/47530/1 "2025-10-12T14:00:41Z")

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### Operating system

Linux

### Joplin version

3.4.12

### Standard Markdown editor

### What issue do you have?

Hi,  
Is there a way of changing the rendered background colour of just one note?  
I have a nice dark theme, but if I have note with a transparent png with black lines in it I cant see it properly  
Some sort of html to paste in?  
I dont want to change my CSS to have all notes with a lighter background colour  
Thanks

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/9/4/94c309a9663bbb052dd1165b98f79bcd76d68093.png)

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**Author:** ![Leigh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/leigh/32/28126_2.png) [@Leigh](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Leigh)\
**Post date:** [12 October 2025 14:16 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/how-to-change-background-colour-one-note/47530/2 "2025-10-12T14:16:05Z")

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As usual, after searching for ages with no success, I posted here

Then almost immediately found something that worked 🙄

pasted at the start of or end of note:

body { background-color: grey; }

sorry, but may help someone in future

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**Author:** ![Leigh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/leigh/32/28126_2.png) [@Leigh](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Leigh)\
**Post date:** [14 October 2025 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/how-to-change-background-colour-one-note/47530/3 "2025-10-14T11:32:38Z")

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For the Standard Joplin Default theme with white text I found this fitted my personal teste / eyes:

body { background-color: #575757; }

But to be honest it was better IMHO to change to black text as well, then I used this:

body { color: #000000; }   
body { background-color: #7A7A7A; }

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 11:33 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/how-to-change-background-colour-one-note/47530/4 "2025-11-13T11:33:36Z")

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Closed on 13 November 2025 11:33 UTC

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