# Anki and anki web background is dark **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [March 4, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153 "2023-03-04T17:30:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ankiuser26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@ankiuser26](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankiuser26)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/1 "2023-03-04T17:30:21Z")
I noticed a few days ago that the cards on ankiweb have a dark background all of a sudden and now the content on each card is hardly visible. Is this a new anki update and if not, how do I change it back to the original background color? I’m also experiencing the same issue on the anki downloaded on my Laptop. Please help ---
**Author:** ![ferophila](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/ferophila/32/10566_2.png) [@ferophila](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ferophila)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/2 "2023-03-04T17:52:27Z")
Is Anki‘s interface also dark? Did you edit the styling of your cards somehow? ---
**Author:** ![ankiuser26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@ankiuser26](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankiuser26)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/3 "2023-03-04T19:13:40Z")
the interface isnt dark. I haven’t edited any cards nor changed any of my anki settings recently, so I’m confused about how this happened. ---
**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/4 "2023-03-05T02:27:48Z")
Could you take a screenshot of the issue? ---
**Author:** ![ankiuser26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@ankiuser26](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankiuser26)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/5 "2023-03-05T11:11:32Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/8/835454bdbfe4e673955c0ce430d1fb45a3a6a2e3.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/6/686ffd0b600faa7b4184f85b918d70a9fdfc318e.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/6/6f35e6e80e8144812301b59fc9330847985c4d5e.jpeg) I noticed that this problem doesn’t exist with my anatomy deck (first photo). So far it seems as thought it’s only cards from the light year and anking v11 deck have this black background (2nd & 3rd photo). And even when my phone system or laptop is in light mode the problem still persists. (Apologies for the somewhat graphic image.) ---
**Author:** ![ferophila](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/ferophila/32/10566_2.png) [@ferophila](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ferophila)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/6 "2023-03-05T11:18:52Z")
Your system seems to be running in dark mode (see browser interface), not all decks support dark mode. ---
**Author:** ![ankiuser26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@ankiuser26](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankiuser26)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/7 "2023-03-06T00:05:55Z")
I’ve had these decks for a while now and they didn’t have any issues regardless of the interface mode. The cards themselves have a dark background now in both dark and light mode and that is what I’m concerned about. It just changed out of nowhere and I’m unsure of how to get it back to original settings. And as stated before I’m experiencing this issue on both my mac and on AnkiWeb ---
**Author:** ![ankiuser26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@ankiuser26](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankiuser26)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/8 "2023-03-06T00:10:34Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/c/c1da1452efd38ca2561d047f69c57b892f720134.png) like right now, my system is in light mode on my Mac. This is the background color instead of the original grey ---
**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/9 "2023-03-06T13:36:38Z")
Try changing the background color → [Field Styling](https://docs.ankiweb.net/templates/styling.html#field-styling) + [Anki 2: Styling Cards - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1j1Zx0mXME&yt:cc=on) Another solution is to use [AnKing Note Types (Easy Customization) - AnkiWeb](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/952691989) then manually change the card design in a easier way don’t forget to migrate your cards to this new note type that you had chosen ---
**Author:** ![ankiuser26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@ankiuser26](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankiuser26)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/10 "2023-03-06T16:39:15Z")
Okay thank you. And will all the cards under this note type change to the color I chose or will I have to do it for every card? ---
**Author:** ![NameLessGO](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/namelessgo/32/34298_2.png) [@NameLessGO](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/NameLessGO)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/11 "2023-03-06T17:13:52Z")
Once you migrate your cards to the newer note type, it will obey your note type style Be creative and have fun making your own note type with this addon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-and-anki-web-background-is-dark/28153/12 "2023-04-05T17:14:12Z")
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