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title: How to Change your background Colour in AYOA
description: Changing your background colour across your Mind Maps, Task Boards, and Whiteboards, can help you process information easier, and also customise your visual environment to match your style.
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July 28, 2025

# How to Change your background Colour in AYOA

## Changing your background colour across your Mind Maps, Task Boards, and Whiteboards, can help you process information easier, and also customise your visual environment to match your style.

 

 

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![Open mind map in Ayoa](https://support.ayoa.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/s3.amazonaws.comcdn.freshdesk.comdatahelpdeskattachmentsproduction2043134362137originalrwWA8Gu2_ztlpScxiLjiNrDJwCucvuk5Nw.png)

Go to the Mind Map **Settings** in the top right corner and click on the **Display Options** tab:

 

![Ayoa's mind map display options](https://support.ayoa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot_1-png-Apr-18-2024-12-03-30-1193-PM.png?width=300&height=484&name=Screenshot_1-png-Apr-18-2024-12-03-30-1193-PM.png)

 

3\. Click on the box next to **Background**.

![Choose a background colour for your mind map](https://support.ayoa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot_8-png-May-30-2023-01-57-26-7094-PM.png?width=350&height=58&name=Screenshot_8-png-May-30-2023-01-57-26-7094-PM.png)

 

4\. This will open the basic choice of background colours with the option of choosing more colours.

 

![Choose from a preselected palette.](https://support.ayoa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot_2-png-Mar-19-2024-03-36-42-9071-PM.png?width=350&height=174&name=Screenshot_2-png-Mar-19-2024-03-36-42-9071-PM.png)

 

5\. Click **More Colours** to view a colour picker. You also have the option to enter Hex codes to choose an exact colour if you know the code

![Pick a custom colour for your mind map background](https://support.ayoa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/s3.amazonaws.comcdn.freshdesk.comdatahelpdeskattachmentsproduction2043204247095originalWGLNnSZYLQWTPc7xu3w7w3ABMA2QpIamnw.png?width=350&height=447&name=s3.amazonaws.comcdn.freshdesk.comdatahelpdeskattachmentsproduction2043204247095originalWGLNnSZYLQWTPc7xu3w7w3ABMA2QpIamnw.png)

 

The background colour will be applied to the Mind map. To remove the colour, simply go back to the **Background** settings and choose white.

 

![Ayoa mind map with background colour](https://support.ayoa.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot_2-png-Apr-18-2024-12-09-18-1190-PM.png?width=688&height=483&name=Screenshot_2-png-Apr-18-2024-12-09-18-1190-PM.png)

You can also apply this to Task boards and Whiteboards. 

 

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