Set Background Color
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I have been using Intellij since 2005. The thing that still baffles me is how to set the colors. it is probably the most complicated thing I have ever seen in an application. All I want, the only thing I want, is to set the background globally to light yellow. So, so impossibly difficult . I want to use the Light schema with the Default theme. Even trying to understand that combination is really difficult to comprehend. When are y'all going to simplify the color configuration? Anyway any help would be much appreciated. Note in the image that the project pane is not quite all light yellow. Almost there, but not yet. Lord knows why it does not cover the whole pane.
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IntelliJ IDEA uses 2 different color schemes, one for the code/editor (color scheme), another for the IDE UI itself (theme, look & feel).
If you want different color in the UI like the project view and other tool windows, you will need to create your own custom theme or customize the existing one: https://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/reference_guide/ui_themes/themes.html .
You can also try https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8006-material-theme-ui which provides more customization options.