# How to change Background Color in 2D Drawing

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-change-background-color-in-2d-drawing/32374>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 10, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-change-background-color-in-2d-drawing/32374 "2024-06-10T16:07:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Geealceah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Geealceah](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Geealceah)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-change-background-color-in-2d-drawing/32374/1 "2024-06-10T16:07:12Z")

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Hello Everyone,

I am using Shapr3D in Windows Pc. How I can change the background color in 2D Drawing? In official tutorials, the background is dark blue, and the lines are white… in my drawing, the background is white, and the lines are black.

Original (What I want)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/1/f/1f25266f0a953a68beefc897c11029d7f6b07565.png)

My Drawing:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/0/5/05dbd81ac25518df4090ed63da471a870e8623f9.png)

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**Author:** ![MichaeI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/michaei/32/35780_2.png) [@MichaeI](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MichaeI)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-change-background-color-in-2d-drawing/32374/2 "2024-06-10T21:38:20Z")

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Screen shot 😕

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-change-background-color-in-2d-drawing/32374/3 "2024-06-11T05:51:23Z")

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The blue background is activated only in Dark mode, and for display only. Exported drawing will always have the white background.  
So Settings → Theme → Dark and screenshot of the drawings as @MichaeI suggested seems to be the easiest way to get that blueprint effect.

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**Author:** ![MichaeI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/michaei/32/35780_2.png) [@MichaeI](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/MichaeI)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-change-background-color-in-2d-drawing/32374/4 "2024-06-11T15:39:40Z")

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@Geealceah  
You could export a PDF to procreate and change the back ground color. I’m not very versed in procreate but these were pretty simple.

 ![IMG_0124_Original](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/d/9df28152c31b1517e5853802b3fe71dd658822d3.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_0133_Original](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/a/a/aaa80e94be0295772995023959ba8b436256c222.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_0126_Original](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/b/9b8f5a8af2054d4291b7152773ec38856a16d555.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Geealceah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@Geealceah](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Geealceah)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-change-background-color-in-2d-drawing/32374/5 "2024-07-16T08:45:24Z")

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Thank you, @MichaeI \<3  
Maybe in the future, Shapr3d will add a BluePrint PDF export setting for PC/Mac users.