# Tell me how I can change the background of a SketchUP view to a black background

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**Category:** Pro\
**Tags:** sketchup, advice\
**Created:** [August 5, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tell-me-how-i-can-change-the-background-of-a-sketchup-view-to-a-black-background/132830 "2020-08-05T21:14:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![CGID](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/cgid/32/98078_2.png) [@CGID](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/CGID)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tell-me-how-i-can-change-the-background-of-a-sketchup-view-to-a-black-background/132830/1 "2020-08-05T21:14:09Z")

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tell me how I can change the background of a SketchUP view to a black background

 ![photo_2020-07-19_21-03-11](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/a/0/a0e03fb1bc7d6282e6bbed2e269fcaea22dec6c8.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![PaulMcAlenan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/paulmcalenan/32/211206_2.png) [@PaulMcAlenan](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/PaulMcAlenan)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tell-me-how-i-can-change-the-background-of-a-sketchup-view-to-a-black-background/132830/2 "2020-08-05T21:16:28Z")

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You can’t (as far as I know)

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**Author:** ![Zarloff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/dec6dc/32.png) [@Zarloff](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Zarloff)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tell-me-how-i-can-change-the-background-of-a-sketchup-view-to-a-black-background/132830/3 "2020-08-05T22:34:48Z")

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How did you get the toolbars and trays to show white lettering on black background?

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tell-me-how-i-can-change-the-background-of-a-sketchup-view-to-a-black-background/132830/4 "2020-08-05T22:39:51Z")

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> [@CGID](#):
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> change the background of a SketchUP **view** to a black background

You can edit the Style to make it black.

 ![Screenshot - 8_5_2020 , 5_38_21 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/0/b/0bae4e1e646fcd90af4dbf51bda68b03d12813cb.png)

At this time there isn’t a native option in SketchUp for making the surrounding areas black, though. You might be able to get the black for the toolbars and trays through the Windows Accessibility options. I expect the view in the OP’s screen shot was done with the inverted grayscale setting.

 ![Screenshot - 8_5_2020 , 5_47_09 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/c/5cbac0a39ad3b136fa359a23f810c97d2d301301.png)

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**Author:** ![Anssi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/anssi/32/105_2.png) [@Anssi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Anssi)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/tell-me-how-i-can-change-the-background-of-a-sketchup-view-to-a-black-background/132830/5 "2020-08-05T22:40:59Z")

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Styles tray, Background settings. If you want to keep black profiles and edges, make the background dark grey. With black the linework turns white.