# Colors Select colors for different elements of your sections, including **General** colors, **Button** colors, and **Overlay** colors used for media with overlaying text. You can also choose 2 **color schemes** to apply to sections in individual section settings. *** In the theme editor, click the **Colors** block under **Section Studio** • **Global styles** ### General


Background	The background of the section, which spans the full height and width.
Text	All headings, subheadings, and body text.
Links	All linked text
Lines and borders	All lines and borders that appear between or within sections.
Accent	Small design elements, like badges
Accent contrast	Text or icons that overlay accent elements

### Buttons


Primary button background
Primary button text
Secondary button background
Secondary button text

### Overlay


Background	The tint applied on over images or videos.
Foreground	The text and elements that overlay images or videos.

### Color schemes A color scheme consists of a set of colors that are applied to your sections. You can choose to set up two **custom color schemes.** In section settings, you can select **alternate color schemes** that reuse your default colors to generate alternate palettes. Click section settings to find the variant color schemes. Section overlay colors also use these variant color schemes as additional options:


Default	Uses the global style colors as selected
Inverse	Swaps general background and text colors
Soft	Uses the general palette with a subtle alternate background based on the text color
Accent	Uses accent as a background and accent contrast as text