# Black background

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/black-background/6025>\
**Category:** SketchUp\
**Created:** [January 17, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/black-background/6025 "2015-01-17T23:22:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![evatafta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@evatafta](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/evatafta)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/black-background/6025/1 "2015-01-17T23:22:16Z")

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how to have the background black or any other color than white

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**Author:** ![Wo3Dan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/wo3dan/32/7450_2.png) [@Wo3Dan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Wo3Dan)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/black-background/6025/2 "2015-01-17T23:48:06Z")

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With one of the standard styles:  
menu Window \> Styles \> Edit \> Background Settings (third icon) \> change the background to black and uncheck ‘Sky’ and ‘Ground’.

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**Author:** ![evatafta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc348/32.png) [@evatafta](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/evatafta)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/black-background/6025/3 "2015-01-18T00:19:11Z")

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wonderfull thanks for your prompt help

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**Author:** ![catamountain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/catamountain/32/48_2.png) [@catamountain](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/catamountain)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/black-background/6025/4 "2015-01-18T02:27:52Z")

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And for that - and other - settings to become the basis of your default SU model setting, create a file with your preferences you want to see then go to File \> Save as Template. Tick the box to make that your default. Of course, you can change templates at will from Window \> Preferences \> Template.