In 2021, Microsoft confirmed that dark mode is coming to MS Paint for Windows 11, and the company teased the update last year. It’s been several months since the release of the new Paint app, and testers in the Windows Insiders Program are yet to receive the dark mode treatment.
It was suggested again in late 2022 that the dark mode feature would arrive in a future Paint update. It is worth noting that Microsoft Paint uses the new WinUI library, which does handle light and dark modes automatically, similar to Apple’s UI libraries and GTK on Linux.
The problem with dark mode implementation in Paint is related to the old Win32 bits in the app. Of course, Paint does support dark mode, but the feature is hidden, and it requires several changes to the app’s code base. At the moment, dark mode in Paint isn’t fully ready.
There has been no update from the company on dark mode support for Paint. However, if you can’t wait any longer, there’s a new third-party app that lets you turn on dark mode in Paint on any version of the OS.
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