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Theme color changes to 'automatic' when changing background image

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When manually selecting a theme color in the settings and then changing the wallpaper, the theme color is changed back to ‘automatic’.

Unfortunately this also happens with changing the wallpaper via a routine/mode, i.e. I have a mode called ‘sleep’ that activates every night at a certain time and this mode changes the wallpaper to a darker wallpaper. So it also triggers the bug leaving the Niagara button in an undesired color.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go the Niagara settings

  2. Go to theme / theme color

  3. Select a manual color from the background or standard section

  4. Notice that the Niagara button shows this color

  5. Change the wallpaper

  6. Notice that the color of the Niagara button did change

  7. In Niagara settings / theme / theme color the option switched to ‘automatic’

  8. I would prefer that Niagara keeps the manually selected color although it might not fit the new wallpaper that I have over the night

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Problem occurs with other Launchers
Posted by Percy Leonhardt ·
Status: Planned9 comments

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  • Tamino Fackler

    Team•

    Jul 17, 2025

    Pinned

    I could reproduce this issue on 1.14.1+.

    The intended behavior is for the color to stay the same even when switching wallpapers.

    I have added an internal ticket for this 👍

    • monato

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      Jul 17, 2025

      awesome!

    • Lucas Purss

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      Jul 31, 2025

      Hi, hopefully you’ve noticed but when the wallpaper changes and the theme gets reset it also reverts the Text colour to “based on wallpaper” when I have it manually set to Light.

      Edit: I’m on a Samsung and this only happens if Samsung’s Colour Palette settings (under Settings > Wallpapers) are set to pull from the current wallpaper. Set that manually and the Niagara settings stick.

  • Junk

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    Dec 12, 2025

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    Merged request

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    3 votes

    Theme color resets

    The theme color chosen resets to an odd pinkish red any time the wallpaper changes with a “samsung mode.” I wouldn't mind if the color changed to one that matched the chosen wallpaper and then changed back to what it originally was with the base wallpaper,

    but even when it's set to a static color and not one of the adjustable ones it changes.

  • Rafaël Laserra

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    Dec 12, 2025

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    Merged request

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    2 votes

    Remember theme color

    It would be nice if when you set the theme color to a specific color, it stays even if you swap your wallpaper, instead of automatically going back to “auto” every time

  • mix Lee

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    Dec 12, 2025

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    Merged request

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    1 vote

    Theme Color will automatically change back to auto

  • Crni hrv

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    Aug 5, 2025

    Same thing happens on Fold 7 but not on Note 20 ultra. Probably UI related ?

  • Ko Ko

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    Aug 1, 2025

  • monato

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    Jul 16, 2025

    i have same issue