# I used background colour to tell what character I'm using **URL:** \ **Category:** Photon UI\ **Created:** [April 10, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395 "2022-04-10T11:50:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_Gluon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jim_gluon/32/315468_2.png) [@Jim\_Gluon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jim_Gluon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/1 "2022-04-10T11:50:23Z")
I have a different colour for each alt, so when I’ve got many logged in it’s easy to see which one I’m using, and which one in the Eve-O preview to click. For example, combat main has a blue background, fax pilot has a gold/yellow one, etc. The Photon UI has a limited number of themes and the backgrounds are all pretty much black. I would like the option to choose the window background colour, basically. ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/2 "2022-04-10T12:28:09Z")
> [@Jim\_Gluon](#): > > so when I’ve got many logged in That’s the pain you chose. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Gluon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jim_gluon/32/315468_2.png) [@Jim\_Gluon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jim_Gluon)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/3 "2022-04-10T12:28:51Z")
> That’s the pain you chose. Can you just not bother replying in future. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/4 "2022-04-10T12:30:04Z")
You’re at liberty to disagree with me, I am absolutely fine with that. I don’t expect you to like everything I say. However, there is multiple themes, and with the lines on the UI (Tron like), and different races you can set a different theme per character and use the coloured lines. Every player whether 1 char or 100+ should have an equal chance and same tools at their disposal and no advantage given to 100 over 1 char. A solo character should be equally a first class citizen in the game. Perhaps name your alts specific names. As for missing themes, SoCT has no theme, sure expand themes, but not just because, multi account/char. ---
**Author:** ![Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/emotional_support_clown/32/310422_2.png) [@Emotional\_Support\_Clown](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Emotional_Support_Clown)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/6 "2022-04-10T12:35:00Z")
> [@Jim\_Gluon](#): > > a feature that’s in the current game and has been for years, and is no longer present in the new UI The game’s a changing with the times. Keep up. ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/8 "2022-04-10T15:43:50Z")
I support. I do the same thing and it would be nice to have multiple background colour options to have a different UI theme for each character in the Proton UI as well. _(Don’t mind the clown, posts that they disagree with often end up flagged. I wonder who keeps doing that…? )_ ---
**Author:** ![Mii\_Lady](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mii_lady/32/380260_2.png) [@Mii\_Lady](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mii_Lady)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/9 "2022-04-10T19:59:40Z")
yea this is an established good feature. Don’t fix what aint broken and is still used. ---
**Author:** ![Nyx\_Viliana1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/nyx_viliana1/32/376238_2.png) [@Nyx\_Viliana1](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nyx_Viliana1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/10 "2022-04-10T21:06:41Z")
I also support adding additional themes. Not because I have more than six accounts, but because I’m finding all of the current themes too bright for my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Circumstantial\_Evidence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/circumstantial_evidence/32/399551_2.png) [@Circumstantial\_Evidence](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Circumstantial_Evidence)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/11 "2022-04-14T21:44:58Z")
+1 > [@Color scheme in Photon UI](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/color-scheme-in-photon-ui/357659/6): > > I’d like to request more color choice for players in general. Going back 10 years, EVE had RGB color sliders for setting primary and secondary window colors. I’d like to see a color picker with 32 to choose from, at least. The themes we have now are all variations of “dark” - eyestrain inducing. I used to have a default text color that wasn’t quite white, and a background color that was not completely “dark”: lower contrast, less eyestrain. ---
**Author:** ![Jan5366x](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jan5366x/32/280708_2.png) [@Jan5366x](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jan5366x)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/12 "2022-04-15T10:23:17Z")
**+1** → I also feel that the current choises are very limited. ---
**Author:** ![Mnda\_klentura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mnda_klentura/32/335142_2.png) [@Mnda\_klentura](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mnda_klentura)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/13 "2022-04-15T10:34:07Z")
missed warning color for low sec … so if u dont pay attention maybe jump danger place … and agency box doest open properly or just nothing … saludos 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![Mnda\_klentura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/mnda_klentura/32/335142_2.png) [@Mnda\_klentura](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Mnda_klentura)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/14 "2022-04-15T10:44:56Z")
…i forget to say … liked apereance 👍 💚 ---
**Author:** ![Ocron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ocron/32/358002_2.png) [@Ocron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ocron)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/15 "2022-05-17T22:22:00Z")
I agree. Background colors are all the same now, which makes the differentiation between themes in proton rather limited in practice ---
**Author:** ![SerialBoX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/serialbox/32/272596_2.png) [@SerialBoX](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/SerialBoX)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/16 "2022-05-30T12:18:56Z")
I am to used to having different backgrounds for my characters, will go back to the old UI, until you can change them to something to make them more unique. ---
**Author:** ![SerialBoX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/serialbox/32/272596_2.png) [@SerialBoX](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/SerialBoX)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/17 "2022-05-30T12:19:16Z")
You’re a jerk off. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/i-used-background-colour-to-tell-what-character-im-using/357395/18 "2022-08-28T12:19:47Z")
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