Alternate Color Schemes
BC version 4 or later
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.- Select one of the links below and save the file to your desktop.
- Double-click the downloaded file to automatically load it, or...
- In Beyond Compare, pick Tools | Import Settings, select the downloaded filename, and click Next.
- Click Finish.
Use blue instead of purple for orphan folders
![](colors_BlueOrphans.png)
Evan's high contrast colorblind scheme
![](colors_HiContrast.png)
Daniel's deep black dark color scheme
![](colors_DeepBlack-Daniel.png)
Matthew's dark background scheme
![](colors_DarkScheme-Matthew.png)
Pete's dark background scheme
![](colors_DarkScheme-Pete.png)
Garret's SublimeText-inspired background scheme
![](colors_Sublime-Garret.png)
Mikhael's dark background scheme
![](colors_ShadedNight-Mikhael.png)
How To Save Your Color Scheme
- In Beyond Compare, pick Tools | Export Settings.
- Uncheck all checkboxes except Colors, Fonts.
- Click Finish to save your color scheme file.
How to Restore Default Colors
- Click Tools | Restore Factory Defaults.
- Check Colors, Fonts.
- Click Next and Finish.