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Custom color

Have you ever wondered if it was possible to use other colors than Notion's predefined ones? I love Notion’s native colors, but sometimes you want something that matches the theme you’re working on, or even your personal brand.

My brand’s primary color is #FF9999, so…

Make a custom color in Notion
/turnequation

ll of this works thanks to an underused Notion block: equations!

No need to be a mathematician, simply

  1. Copy & paste this code in Notion: \color{#000000}\colorbox{#ff9999} {\textsf {Hey — I’m FF9999}}
  2. Replace the text (Hey — I’m FF9999) by your own & the background color (#ff9999) with the one you want
  3. Select the text, & turn it into an equation (or simply type /turnequation at the end of the line)

That’s it: you have your own colors imported into Notion �

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