# Change colors and backgrounds

Choose an accent color, use a built-in background, or add your own images.

These guides cover GCal 4.0.0 for Mac.

Source: [Change colors and backgrounds](https://soriian.com/help/appearance/)

Calendar backgrounds require Premium. Accent colors are also available with Classic access. [Feature availability](https://soriian.com/help/premium-features/).

## Choose an accent color

1. Open **Settings → Appearance**.
2. Under **Accent Color**, choose a preset or use **Custom Color**.
3. Return to the Google Calendar window to see the result.

## Add a background

1. In **Settings → Appearance**, turn on **Calendar Background**.
2. Choose a background from the library. Use **Show All** to browse the rest of a collection.
3. To use your own image, choose **Add Background** under **My Backgrounds**. Follow the picker to supply the images for the appearances you want.

Use images with quiet areas so event names remain readable. You can turn Calendar Background off to return to the plain calendar.

![GCal Appearance settings with a red accent and a selected landscape background, shown in the Google Calendar window behind it.](https://soriian.com/assets/images/help/appearance.png)

Choose an accent color and background in Settings → Appearance to personalize your Google Calendar window.

## If the appearance has not changed

Check the main Google Calendar window, rather than the menu-bar agenda. If a background download fails, try again when you are online. The browser extension has its own settings; changing its appearance is a separate step.

## Related guides

- [Use Google Calendar enhancements](https://soriian.com/help/calendar-enhancements/)
- [Set up the browser extension](https://soriian.com/help/browser-extension/)
- [Customize the Dock icon](https://soriian.com/help/dock-icon/)

## Support

Contact [GCal support](mailto:contact@soriian.com) with your GCal and macOS versions, what you are trying to do, and what happens instead.