# Perspective how can I change the background colour of the Dropdown menu items menu?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-change-the-background-colour-of-the-dropdown-menu-items-menu/37791>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80, perspective\
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-change-the-background-colour-of-the-dropdown-menu-items-menu/37791 "2020-08-17T04:18:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-change-the-background-colour-of-the-dropdown-menu-items-menu/37791/1 "2020-08-17T04:18:50Z")

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v8.0.15

The default background colour of the dropdown menu is white. How can I change it?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/5/e591bba219329b944240e853df1e8d32d3f08792.png)

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**Author:** ![michael2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@michael2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael2)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-how-can-i-change-the-background-colour-of-the-dropdown-menu-items-menu/37791/2 "2020-08-17T05:09:34Z")

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It can be changed with a custom theme, but that will be project wide. Same goes for your text colour question.