Whether you find the differences to be subtle or not, it’s quite nice having two alternative versions of the Dark theme available, and the gray / graphite accent color looks quite nice with Dark mode too.

Here’s the standard Dark theme, with color accents:Īnd here’s the darker Dark theme with the gray accents, which features darker grays on all interface elements, and a bit higher contrast: In still images, the screenshots below demonstrate the two variations of the Dark theme as well. The animated GIF images flip between the two versions of Dark mode theme in the Mac Finder, as you can see it’s not a dramatically different appearance between the two, but the one with gray accent colors is notably darker and offers higher contrast than the other with a color accent chosen. Some users may not even notice a change as it is quite subtle, but if you use Dark Mode often you should be able to tell, particularly in low light situations as the contrast is slightly boosted, and the grays are a shade or few darker.

Wait a moment and you should see the Dark Mode theme shift to slightly darker colors with slightly higher contrast.

Choose the “Dark” theme if you have not done so already, then under the ‘Accent’ section choose the graphite / gray option furthest on the right.Go to  Apple menu and choose “System Preferences”.The effect is a darker version of the Dark theme, here’s how to get this effect yourself: It turns out that switching the Accent colors in MacOS also impacts the Dark Theme, specifically if you choose the Grayscale / Graphite option as the color accent. How to Enable the Darker Dark Theme in MacOS Or if you happen to be using the slightly darker version of the Dark Mode theme already (and perhaps aren’t even aware of it), you can easily change to the slightly lighter version too. The difference is subtle, but if you enable this you’ll end up with a slightly darker version of the dark theme in MacOS.

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