# Dark Windows and Icons

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281 "2022-09-26T15:31:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![BangCtrl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/bangctrl/32/4081_2.png) [@BangCtrl](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/BangCtrl)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281/1 "2022-09-26T15:31:23Z")

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Today, I installed Ubuntu Budgie 22.04 fresh from ISO. However, it boots up on a very dark screen. All the icons are dark, the windows are dark, and there is only a faint of color (red and blue). However all animations and windows move as it should.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281/2 "2022-09-26T15:36:30Z")

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Highly likely to be a color profile issue that is not being recognised correctly with your monitor/laptop screen. Removing the color profile should resolve this.

> [@Pulling my hair out trying to get rid of PINK background and buttons - FIXED](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/pulling-my-hair-out-trying-to-get-rid-of-pink-background-and-buttons-fixed/6175):
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> Hello all, Love Ubuntu Budgie and truly appreciate all the hard work that has gone into creating and maintaining it! However, with this new dist-upgrade to 22.04 (I think) all of the sudden much of the background in individual windows, as well as almost all buttons and check boxes have turned a mauve color. I cannot seem to change this no matter what I try. At first I thought it was only in Firefox but now I realize, after trying out various supplied Themes, that it seems to be a system wide pr…

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**Author:** ![BangCtrl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/bangctrl/32/4081_2.png) [@BangCtrl](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/BangCtrl)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281/3 "2022-09-26T15:47:18Z")

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This did not work. I connected to an external monitor to see the display. However even my external monitor is showing the same.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281/4 "2022-09-26T15:59:49Z")

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Is it dark because the brightness is very low?

For laptops there is usually keys to alter the brightness up / down. For some machines the brightness applet available in welcome - budgie extras can used and be installed and added to your panel.

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**Author:** ![BangCtrl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/bangctrl/32/4081_2.png) [@BangCtrl](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/BangCtrl)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281/5 "2022-09-26T16:08:40Z")

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I reinstalled Ubuntu Budgie and now it works.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/dark-windows-and-icons/6281/6 "2022-09-26T16:17:32Z")

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How very weird. But congrats on resolving