Post background colors
Use Daigo’s internal background tags to give individual posts their own header color. You can choose from the built-in light, vibrant, and dark palettes, create a custom tag color in Ghost, or force the default background when a global site color is active.
Step-by-Step- Open the published post and add the appropriate internal tag in the 'Post settings' panel.
- For example, add the internal tag
#bg-rubyto apply the Ruby background color. Tags prefixed with#are internal tags in Ghost. - Click 'Update' to activate.
The tag slug should beA palette of light colorshash-bg-colorname, for examplehash-bg-ruby
White
#bg-white
Pearl
#bg-pearl
Cream
#bg-cream
Sand
#bg-sand
Carmel
#bg-carmel
Coffee
#bg-coffee
Milkshake
#bg-milkshake
Peach
#bg-peach
Rose
#bg-rose
Thistle
#bg-thistle
Cerise
#bg-cerise
Pink
#bg-pink
Lavender
#bg-lavender
Aqua
#bg-aqua
Fog
#bg-fog
Turquoise
#bg-turquoise
Conch
#bg-conch
Avocado
#bg-avocado
Moss
#bg-moss
Emerald
#bg-emerald
Ultramarine
#bg-ultramarine
Violet
#bg-violet
Malibu
#bg-malibu
Sea
#bg-sea
Mint
#bg-mint
Lime
#bg-lime
Lemon
#bg-lemon
Apricot
#bg-apricot
Yellow
#bg-yellow
Orange
#bg-orange
Coral
#bg-coral
Magenta
#bg-magenta
Ruby
#bg-ruby
Fuchsia
#bg-fuchsia
Eggplant
#bg-eggplant
Indigo
#bg-indigo
Olive
#bg-olive
Gold
#bg-gold
Burgundy
#bg-burgundy
Camelot
#bg-camelot
Mauve
#bg-mauve
Eden
#bg-eden
Teal
#bg-teal
Jade
#bg-jade
Peacock
#bg-peacock
Cobalt
#bg-cobalt
Venice
#bg-venice
Navy
#bg-navy
Admiral
#bg-admiral
Denim
#bg-denim
Ink
#bg-ink
Graphite
#bg-graphite
- To add your own post background color, go to the 'Tags' settings in the Ghost Admin.
- Open the 'Internal tags' tab and click 'New tag'.
- Create a tag such as
#bg-arcticand add a color, for example#aac7ff. - Click 'Save'.
- Add
#bg-arcticin the 'Post settings' panel to the published post and click 'Update' to activate.
The tag slug should beTip: How to force the default colorhash-bg-colorname, for examplehash-bg-arctic
If you are also using a global background color for the whole site, you may want a specific post to keep Daigo’s default header background. To do this, add the internal tag #bg-default to the published post.
The tag slug should be hash-bg-default
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