Chart colors & themes

Nocterm draws every chart from a single shared palette. Pick a ready-made preset, or set custom colors per surface - candles, indicators, heatmap, bid/ask - with each surface carrying its own roles for buy, sell, and neutral. Everything is read at draw time, so changes show the moment you make them.

Where: Settings ▸ Appearance

The Appearance settings with a palette preset selected and per-surface color overrides expanded

Overview

The palette is organized by surface - the distinct things the chart paints - and within each surface by role. A surface like bid/ask has a buy role and a sell role; an indicator has its own line colors. Choosing a preset sets every surface at once for a coherent look. From there you can override individual surfaces and roles without disturbing the rest. Because the chart reads these values at draw time, a change repaints immediately rather than on reload.

How to use

1. Open Settings ▸ Appearance.

2. Pick a palette preset for a coordinated theme across all surfaces.

   

   Choosing a palette preset in Appearance settings

3. To fine-tune, expand a surface and set its role colors - for example the buy and sell colors of bid/ask, or an indicator’s lines.

   

   Overriding role colors for a single surface

Surfaces & roles

Surface	Typical roles	What it colors
Candles	Buy / sell	Bullish and bearish candle bodies
Indicators	Neutral (per indicator)	Overlay and oscillator lines
Heatmap	Buy / sell / neutral	Liquidity and order-flow heat intensity
Bid / ask	Buy / sell	Resting bid and ask surfaces

Tip

Set a preset first for a coherent base, then override only the one or two surfaces you care about. Per-surface overrides ride on top of the preset, so you keep a consistent theme everywhere else.

Note

Changes apply at draw time across the chart. There is no separate save-and-reload step - adjust a color and the chart repaints.

Related

• Candle styling - set bullish and bearish candle colors specifically.
• Liquidity heatmap - the heatmap surface in action.
• Adding & managing indicators - the indicators the palette colors.