---
title: "Interface"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/PREFSTHEME-PREF_THEME_MAIN_GROUP.html"
section_path: "Configuration > Preferences > Scheme Colors > Interface"
element_id: "PREFSTHEME"
group_id: "PREF_THEME_MAIN_GROUP"
description: "Here you can define all colors within the Cinema 4D user interface (with exception of the colors displayed in the Viewports)."
---

## Interface

Here you can define all colors within the Cinema 4D user interface (with exception of the colors displayed in the Viewports).

Filter

You will find a display filter above the colour list. Simply enter a character string there. Every element that contains at least part of this character string will be displayed. If you enter "back" here, for example, "background" will be listed.

### Live Refresh

Parameter ID: `PREF_THEME_LIVE`

If enabled, the colors will be changed in real-time. Depending on the graphics card used, this may happen a little sluggishly, in which case you can disable the option. The color will then change when the mouse button is released.

### Selection Menu

This selection menu lets you fine-tune your colors to a greater degree than the other Colors menus:

- RGB: lets you define colors in the usual way for corresponding elements.
- Bitmap: lets you load bitmaps as backgrounds, for example for the **Object Manager**. The bitmap must be located in the "resource / schemes / scheme name" folder in your program directory.
- Reference: use this option if you want to make element colors dependent on the colors of other elements. Subsequently select the "lead" color from the list below.

### Reset...

This feature includes the following functions:

- **Reset Selected Color**: Sets the selected color back to the default Cinema 4D color.
- **Reset all Colors**: All colors will be reset to the default Cinema 4D colors.
- **Undo: Reset Selected/All Colors**: The resetting of colors can be undone using this option. The respective color will then switch back to the previously defined color.