Alternate Color Schemes

You can easily share color schemes by exporting and importing them.  If you develop a color scheme you wish to share here, please send it to us.

How To Change Your Color Scheme

Warning:  All of your prior Folder View and File View color customizations will be lost.
  1. Download one of the color schemes below.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file to automatically load it, or...
  3. In Beyond Compare, pick Tools > Import Settings, select the downloaded filename, and click Next.
  4. Click Finish.

How To Save Your Color Scheme

  1. In Beyond Compare, pick Tools > Export Settings.
  2. Uncheck all checkboxes except Theme, Colors, Fonts.
  3. Click Finish to save your color scheme file.

How to Restore Default Colors

  1. Click Tools > Restore Factory Defaults.
  2. Check Theme, Colors, Fonts.
  3. Click Next and Finish.


Zoƫ's Dracula-inspired dark scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Dark Theme

Download scheme

Cliff's Gruvbox-inspired scheme

+12
Folder Compare - Dark / Light Theme

Download scheme

Tom's Catppuccin Mocha-inspired dark scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Dark Theme

Download scheme

Evan's high contrast colorblind scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Light Theme

Download scheme

Ryan's Monokai-inspired dark scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Dark Theme

Download scheme

Garret's Monokai-inspired scheme

+12
Folder Compare - Dark / Light Theme

Download scheme

Use blue instead of purple for orphan folders

+12
Folder Compare - Dark / Light Theme

Download scheme

Daniel's deep black dark scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Dark Theme

Download scheme

Mikhael's "Shaded Night" dark scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Dark Theme

Download scheme

Matthew's dark scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Dark Theme

Download scheme

Pete's dark scheme

+6
Folder Compare - Dark Theme

Download scheme