Changing the UI appearance

Affinity Designer has a dark User Interface (UI) by default. This makes it easier to accurately view and edit the colors in your designs. However, you can swap the UI interface from dark to light (and vice versa), adjust the background grayscale or the overall Gamma for contrast changes, and switch from colorized to monochromatic iconography in the UI.

Dark and Light Designer UI Styles
Dark vs light UI styles.
Colorized and monochromatic UI icons
Colorized (default) vs monochromatic iconography.
To change the UI from dark to light (or vice versa):
  1. Choose Affinity Designer>Settings (or >Preferences).
  2. Choose Edit>Settings (or >Preferences).
  3. Click the User Interface label.
  4. For UI Style, choose Dark, Light, or Default OS (Mac only).
To change the UI background, Artboard background or Gamma level:
  1. Choose Affinity Designer>Settings (or >Preferences).
  2. Choose Edit>Settings (or >Preferences).
  3. Click the User Interface label.
  4. Drag the sliders to set the Background Gray level, Artboard Background Gray level and/or UI Gamma level.
To display monochromatic icons in the UI:
  1. Choose Affinity Designer>Settings (or >Preferences).
  2. Choose Edit>Settings.
  3. Click the User Interface label.
  4. For Icon Style, choose Mono.

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