- What is Astra Pro Add on?
- What Is a Child Theme and How To Install It for Astra?
- How to Activate Astra Pro Addon License?
- How to Get License Key of Astra Pro?
- How to Install Astra Pro Plugin?
- Getting Started with Astra Pro Addon Plugin
- Getting error – The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet?
- Do Not See License Activation Form for Astra Pro Addon Plugin?
- How to Install Astra Theme?
- Astra – Customize the Submenu
- The Blank Screen in the Customizer Area
- How to use the color palette of the Astra theme
- How to Import / Export Astra Customizer Settings
- How To Disable Logo Cropping
- How to Create a Sticky Sidebar for Your WooCommerce Shop Page
- How to use dynamic customizer from Astra 4.0.0
- How to Change the Typography of the Astra Menu
- Simplify Your Site Design with the New Style Guide
- How to Translate Astra Theme / Plugins in Your Own Language using GlotPress?
- How to Turn Astra Multilingual with WPML?
- How To Translate Site Builder With WPML?
- How to Translate Astra Strings with WPML?
- How Translations can be Manually Exported and Uploaded to the Site?
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with Polylang?
- How to Translate Categories, Tags, and Astra Strings with Polylang
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with TranslatePress?
- How to translate the WooCommerce string?
- Footer Custom Text Helper Strings
- Does Astra support Beaver Themer Plugin?
- Increasing the PHP Memory Limit of Your Website
- How to Disable Header or Footer for a Landing Page or Post?
- Where Does Astra Primary Color Setting Take Effect?
- How to Adjust the Width of Your Sidebar?
- How to Update the Plugin Manually from WordPress Backend?
- Recommended Settings for Elementor and the Astra Theme
- Recommended Settings for Beaver Builder and the Astra Theme
- How Do License Upgrades Work?
- How to Renew Yearly License?
- How to Apply For Brainstorm Force Affiliate Program? (Become Astra Affiliate)
- How to Manage License on Store?
- How To Update Your Payment Method?
- How do I check my Support Ticket History?
- Frequently Asked Questions – VIP Priority Support
- How to Process Refund Requests?
- Fix Swap Sections Not Working on Mobile (Old Astra Header)
- How to Remove Google Fonts Suggestions in Astra Theme?
- Remove default stretched block layout spacing
- How to Change the Logo on Specific Pages?
- How to remove horizontal & vertical gallery layouts from a single product page?
- Introducing New Filter to Enable/Disable Rank-Math Theme Support
- Enable/Disable YouTube videos from Astra admin dashboard
- How to Fix the Line Height Unit being converted to “EM”?
- How to Change WordPress Post labels to Projects
- Fix for – The PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) Error
- Fix for – Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION
- How to fix Fatal Error / White Screen of Death?
- Fix for- cURL error 51: SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name ‘websitedemos.net’
- Getting error – The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet?
- ‘The preview could not be loaded’ Pop Up with Astra and Elementor
- Troubleshooting Steps ( with Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin )
- How to Deal with Update Issues in Astra Theme and Astra Pro Addon?
- Blog Featured Image Size Not Working / Error in Image Processing Library
Colors & Background Module
Good website design is crucial for any online presence. The Astra theme understands this well, offering a range of modern colors to make your site visually appealing. To enhance customization, the Astra Pro plugin includes the Colors & Background addon.
This module gives you more control and a wider range of options, allowing you to personalize your website according to your preferences and branding needs.
Through this document, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to effectively use this Colors & Background Module.

What is Colors & Background Module in Astra
This premium feature is available with the Astra Pro plugin. So in order to use this addon, you need to have the Astra theme installed along with the actual Astra Pro plugin.
Astra theme (free) gives some basic color options. While Colors & Background Module with Astra Pro plugin adds more options in the customizer.
You can follow the below steps to activate the add on and explore the premium settings.
Step 1 – Make sure you have the Astra Pro plugin installed and activated.
Step 2 – Activate the addon from Astra > Astra Pro Modules > Colors & Background.

Step 3 – After activating, the module will add additional color options for various sections in the customizer ( Appearance > Customize ).
Below is the detailed list where you can see newly added color options in the Customizer:
- Global > Colors > Content
- Header > Site Identity
- Header > Primary Header
- Header > Primary Menu
- Blog > Blog / Archive
- Blog > Single Post
- Sidebar
1. Global Colors
The Astra theme itself provides basic global color options as mentioned here. In addition to this, the addon will also enable the following options –
- Content Background – With this, you can add a background image and color to the container, i.e., any area where you add text.
- Headings – You can set colors for each heading, H1 to H6, from one place.
- You will also find the responsive option enabled for the Content Background.
Note: Content Background will be visible only with Boxed and Content Boxed container layout.

2. Header
Separate color options will be available under the Header tab for –
- Site Identity- Enable displaying site title/tagline and you will observe color options.
- Primary Header- Set background and color for your header.
- Primary Menu- Set colors to the menu and submenus on normal, hover (color of the menu item when pointer moves over it), and active mode (color of the menu item that is currently active – the page you’re currently viewing).

3. Blog
Blog / Archive – Along with the post title and meta, this will add color options for the Archive Summary Box. This box will appear on an archive page like categories, where the title and the description of the archive page will appear.

4. Sidebar
You’ll get color options for your sidebar.

You can even manage the Sidebar’s Title Color, Text Color, Link Color along with the Background options.

One of the advantages of the Astra theme color module is its user-friendly interface, which makes it easy to use even for those with limited technical knowledge. The module offers a wide range of color options, allowing users to choose from pre-defined color palettes or create their own custom colors.
With this module, you can change the color scheme of your entire website, including buttons, links, headings, and other design elements, to match their branding or personal style.
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