Title: 2012 color scheme
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# 2012 color scheme

 *  [Robin73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin73/)
 * (@robin73)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2012-color-scheme/)
 * Can anyone tell me which colors I need to do a find and replace on to change 
   the color scheme for all text on a 2012 style.css?
 * I’ve tried finding the css for the things I want to change individually, using
   google chrome developer tools, but there’s so many rules, and they are hard (
   for me) to identify.
 * I’m guessing the find and replace option on a copy of the whole stylesheet is
   a better approach…
 * Kind regards,
 * Robin.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2012-color-scheme/#post-3538751)
 * It’s not that simple unfortunately.
    Use your [browser developer tool](http://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/elements)
   and inspect any element that has colour applied to it. Note down the class (and/
   or HTML element) and move on.
 * Then, once you have a large list of classes, construct a CSS style in your Child
   Theme stylesheet or Custom CSS plugin that says;
 *     ```
       .class1,
       .class2,
       .class3 {
        color: deeppink;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [Robin73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin73/)
 * (@robin73)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2012-color-scheme/#post-3538775)
 * That’s kind of what I’ve done, although I didn’t list them all together like 
   that, but there’s still a couple I couldn’t find, as I’ve mentioned in another
   post. I’m also confused about how when I inspect elements, they often have id’s,
   yet I see no # signs in style.css (except for colors) Anyone care to explain 
   that?
 *  I’m getting better at the whole game, but it’s a steep learning curve…
 * I’m curious why you think the find and replace method wouldn’t work: if I search
   for #grey1(whatever the code is) and replace with #brown1(ditto), and do the 
   same for #othergrey to #otherbrown. There might be a few hover colors that get
   missed, but wouldn’t that basically do the trick, or at least be less work than
   identifying all the classes individully?
 * Regards,
 * Robin.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2012-color-scheme/#post-3538780)
 * >  I’m guessing the find and replace option on a copy of the whole stylesheet
   > is a better approach…
 * No, you should not be using a copy of the parent style.css file in the child 
   theme – it creates duplicate code and makes it much harder to manage/keep track
   of what you have changed.
 * >  I’m also confused about how when I inspect elements, they often have id’s,
   > yet I see no # signs in style.css
 * Not all ids or classes are necessarily used in existing CSS – but you an always
   use them to add or modify existing styles, as relevant.
 *  Thread Starter [Robin73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin73/)
 * (@robin73)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2012-color-scheme/#post-3538948)
 * Ah Ha. Thank you. So I guess I could add an #identity that I find in the HTML
   to the stylesheet.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2012-color-scheme/#post-3538949)
 * Exactly :)… This is a good CSS reference site if you need it:
 * [http://www.w3schools.com/css/](http://www.w3schools.com/css/)

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