# Change Stream Color
Zulip allows you to change stream colors to better customize an environment
that best suits you.

### Using the streams sidebar
The streams sidebar is the fastest approach to changing the color of a stream, to use this:

1. Hover your cursor over the stream you would like to edit, then click the **down chevron**(![Down chevron](/static/images/help/chevron.png)) that will appear to the right of the stream name.
2. From the pop-up menu select your desired stream color from the preset colors or open the color picker by clicking **Choose custom color**.

![Change Stream Color](/static/images/help/stream-left-sidebar-color.png)

You can also edit the color of a Stream from the **Subscriptions page**.

### Finding the subscriptions page
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### Change color
Once on the **subscriptions page**:

1. Select the stream you want to edit by either searching for its name or finding it in the streams list.
2. Under the **Stream Settings** section, select the **Stream Color** option.
3. From the window select either a preset color, use the color picker, or enter the hex code of your desired color.

<img src="/static/images/help/subscriptions-change-color.png" alt="Subscriptions Change Color" style="width: 50%;"/>

Congratulations, you're finished! You can now exit the **subscriptions page** by clicking the "**X**" in the top right corner of the modal.

# Change the color of a stream

You can optimize your Zulip environment by changing your streams' colors.

## Change the color of a stream through the left sidebar

If you want to quickly change the color of a single stream, you can do so
through the left sidebar.

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2. Click on the {!down-chevron.md!}

3. Select the **Choose custom color** option from the actions dropdown.

4. The stream will change colors in the left sidebar, confirming the success of
the stream's color change.

## Change the color of a stream through the Subscriptions page

If you want to change the colors of multiple streams at once or specify a hex
code for your stream's color, you should change the stream's colors through the
[Subscriptions](/#subscriptions) page.

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2. Select the stream you want to change the color of in the [Subscriptions](/#subscriptions) page;
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2. Under the **Stream Settings** section, select the **Stream color** option.

3. In the tooltip that appears after selecting the **Stream color** option,
select a color from the color palette.

    !!! tip ""
        Alternatively, you can use the color picker or enter the hex code of
        your desired color. Click the **choose** button to save your changes.

4. The stream will change colors in the [Subscriptions](/#subscriptions) page, confirming the success
of the stream's color change.

Add macros to *Change the color of a stream* doc.
docs: Add macros to *Change the color of a stream* doc.

