Word will get a new switch mode button for its darker canvas. Reds, blues, yellows, and other bright colors will be “shifted slightly to mute the overall effect of the color palette” and match the dark background. “With Dark mode, you’ll notice that the previously white page color is now a dark grey/black.” While the canvas will change, colors in a document will also be adjusted. “This has been a long-requested feature from many of Office Insiders and we’re excited to make it happen,” explains Ali Forelli, a program manager on Microsoft’s Word team.
A future update to Word will include the ability to switch the canvas into dark mode, too. Currently, Word has a dark mode that modifies the ribbon and toolbars, but the canvas stays bright white. The software maker has started testing an update to Word that will color entire documents in a dark canvas. Microsoft is improving the dark mode in Word to make it even darker.
