Can you put Control Center in Dark Mode

The new light grey look of the control center/menu bar is extremely distracting. I would like to change it back to the dark grey translucent it was previously but cannot find a setting to do so.

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Posted on Jan 25, 2023 11:21 AM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Jan 25, 2023 11:30 AM

Average_Nemo wrote:

The new light grey look of the control center/menu bar is extremely distracting. I would like to change it back to the dark grey translucent it was previously but cannot find a setting to do so.

>System Settings>Accessibility>Display>Reduce transparency

test ex.

ref: Change Accessibility settings on Mac - Apple Support

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Jan 25, 2023 11:30 AM in response to Average_Nemo

Average_Nemo wrote:

The new light grey look of the control center/menu bar is extremely distracting. I would like to change it back to the dark grey translucent it was previously but cannot find a setting to do so.

>System Settings>Accessibility>Display>Reduce transparency

test ex.

ref: Change Accessibility settings on Mac - Apple Support

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Jan 26, 2023 07:04 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thank you! Your example also helped as it shows it is possible to have it be different colors. I changed my background to something with a dark upper and it pulled in that color rather than bright grey from the sky behind it.

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Can you put Control Center in Dark Mode