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[Tip] How to Enable and Use New Colorways Themes in Firefox

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Newer versions of Mozilla Firefox web browser (94.0 and later) come with 6 brand new colorful themes called as “Colorways“. These seasonal themes come built-in or bundled with the browser and you don’t need to download or install them manually.

Following are the 6 new Colorways themes present in Firefox:

  • Abstract
  • Cheers
  • Elemental
  • Foto
  • Graffiti
  • Lush

Each theme comes in following 3 variants: Bold, Soft and Balanced. So technically you get 6×3=18 new Colorways themes in Firefox 94 and later versions.

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Following image shows all 6 Colorways themes in each variant or version:

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The “Bold” variant of each theme has been developed for dark UI lovers. This variant will provide Black or dark gray color scheme in Firefox UI.

The “Soft” variant has been developed for light theme lovers which don’t like dark interface.

The “Balanced” variant is the mixture of both Bold and Soft variants. So if you want a mix of dark and light color scheme, you’ll like the Balanced version of each theme.

How to Apply Colorways Themes After Installing or Upgrading?

By default, when you install or upgrade to new version of Firefox, the browser asks the user to select and apply new Colorways theme at first run. When you launch Firefox for the first time after upgrade or clean install, Firefox displays following setup wizard asking you to select or skip new Colorways theme:

Activate_Enable_Colorways_Themes_Mozilla_Firefox_First_Run_Wizard.png

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If you want to apply and use new Colorways themes, click on “Explore Colorways” option. If you don’t want to activate new Colorways themes and want to keep using current theme, you can click on “Now now” option.

If you click on “Explore Colorways” option, Firefox will show list of all new Colorways themes on the next page. You can select each theme and apply desired version of the theme i.e. Bold, Soft or Balanced.

Save_Colorways_Themes_Mozilla_Firefox_First_Run_Wizard.png

To activate and enable the selected theme, click on “Save Colorway” button.

That’s it. It’ll immediately apply new selected Colorways theme in your Firefox browser.

How to Enable and Use Colorways Themes Later?

If you didn’t apply new Colorways themes using first run wizard and you decide to use the themes later, you can enable Colorways themes any time using following steps:

1. Click on main Firefox Menu (3-lines hamburger menu) button present at the right-side corner of the toolbar and select Add-ons and themes option. It’ll open Add-ons Manager page. Alternatively, you can directly open Add-ons Manager using about:addons URL in address bar or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+A keys together.

2. Now click on Themes tab or section present in left side-pane and in right-side pane, scroll down and look for new Colorways themes.

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The theme description shows “Vibrant new colorways from Firefox. Available for a limited time” which indicates that Firefox might disable or remove new Colorways theme any time in future.

To apply a Colorway theme, click on the Enable button given below the theme name. It’ll immediately apply the new theme in Firefox.

How to Disable Colorways Themes and Restore Default Theme in Firefox?

In future, if you decide to disable Colorways themes and restore default theme in Firefox, you can again open Add-ons and themes page, go to desired default theme such as Dark, Light or System theme and click on “Enable” button given next to the theme name.

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It’ll restore default theme and UI in Firefox.

Also Check:

[Tip] Restore Classic Theme and UI in Firefox 91 and Later Versions

[Tip] Restore Warning or Confirmation Box on Closing Firefox Window

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About the author: Vishal Gupta (also known as VG) has been awarded with Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. He holds Masters degree in Computer Applications (MCA). He has written several tech articles for popular newspapers and magazines and has also appeared in tech shows on various TV channels.

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  1. I have set the theme to Graffiti Bold since the first time it came out. On the following update, I forgot which version, in addition to the existing 18 (6×3) colorways themes, there are 6 (6×1) new pastel-like colorways themes. But now in version 98.0b4, those 18 colorways themes mentioned above are missing, leaving just the 6 pastel-like ones.

    Although it’s gone, the Graffiti Bold themes I previously set is still in effect. It’s just that it’s not available in the “Add-ons and themes” option anymore. So I’m afraid if I disable this theme or enable other theme, I probably won’t be able to go back to this Graffiti theme again.

    I’m aware that these colorways themes are available for a limited time, but is there a way to bring back the 18 themes you mentioned above? Through the about:config page perhaps?

  2. ^^ Please check out following official announcement about these themes removal:

    support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/whats-new-colorways

  3. I didn’t ask for colourways , don’t like it and can’t seem to return to default theme.

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