# Changing the Dashboard's Color Palette

> Change the color scheme of the dashboard to suit your professional or brand preferences.

*Source: https://docs.sisense.com/main/SisenseLinux/changing-the-dashboards-color-palette.htm*

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Last updated: June 11, 2026

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You can easily change the color scheme of the dashboard to suit your professional or brand preferences.

**To change the color palette:**

- Click ![8 6brush](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/8-6brush.png) in the dashboard's top menu, and select
  the preferred color palette. The default palette is Vivid.  
  ![Color palette menu](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/color-palette-menu.png)

**Note:**

Three of the palettes are suitable for color blindness: Color Blind 1, Color Blind 2, and Color Blind 3.

For a short video overview of the process, see below:

**Note:**

When you change the color of an individual widget to a new color that is not one of the palette colors, the
new color will be applied to the widget regardless of the applied palette. If you select a new color from
one of the palette colors, then when changing the dashboard's palette, the color will change according to
the new palette.

![Color palette callouts](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/color-palette-callouts.png)

**Examples**

![Dashboard theme vivid](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/dashboard-theme-vivid.png)

![Dashboard theme basic](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/dashboard-theme-basic.png)

![Dashboard theme pastel](https://docs.sisense.com/main/Resources/Images/dashboard-theme-pastel.png)

## Creating a Custom Palette via the REST API

You can create your own brand custom palette through the REST API. Click [here](https://developer.sisense.com/display/API2/REST+API) to learn more about using the REST
API. To learn more about creating a custom palette using the REST API, see this [Manage Color Palettes](https://support.sisense.com/kb/en/article/manage-color-palettes).

Sisense provides the following endpoints:

- `GET /palettes`

  Returns a list of available palettes in the Sisense web app.
- `GET /palettes/default`

  Returns the default color palette.
- `POST /palettes`

  Adds a new color palette.
- `PUT /palettes/{name}`

  Updates the dashboard's color palette.
- `DELETE /palettes/{name}`

  Deletes a color palette from the color palettes.

The table below describes the parameters you can return and update through the palettes endpoints:

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| Parameter | Type | Description |
| colors | array | The colors included in the palette.Your custom palette can include up to 16 colors. |
| name | String | The name of the new palette. |
| isDefault | Boolean | Determines whether the new palette is the default. New dashboards are created with the default palette. There can only be one default palette at any time. |
| sortOrder | number | Determines the order of the palette in the palettes list. |

To add an existing palette:

1. In Sisense, click **Admin**, and then open the **Rest API** page (either
   through the search or by selecting it in the left navigation pane).
2. Select version 0.9 on the top-right of the screen.
3. Click **palettes** to access the API operations related to roles.
4. Go to PUT/palettes/default and click **Try It Out**.
5. Indicate the current name of the palette, and make your changes. You can change the palette name,
   colors, etc.
6. Click **Execute** and scroll down to the Responses section to verify that the response
   does not contain errors.

**To create a new palette:**

1. Go to **POST / palettes** and click **Try It Out**.
2. Enter all the relevant values.
3. Click **Execute**.

   The new palette will be added to your Dashboard Palettes.

**To delete a palette:**

1. Go to **DELETE/ palettes**, click **Try It Out**, and enter the name of the
   palette to delete into the Value input box. Then click **Execute**.

   The Palette will be deleted from the list of your dashboard Palettes.