Product page - background colour dawn theme

Topic summary

Changing the product page background color in the Shopify Dawn theme where no built-in color setting is available.

Initial requests asked for the store URL or a preview to diagnose, but the site is not live and no preview was provided.

A code-based workaround was suggested: edit the theme’s base.css (Online Store > Edit code) and add CSS to set the background color, demonstrated with the color “azure.” A screenshot was shared showing the result.

The requester specified the desired color as hex #6DCFF6. This implies the CSS value should be updated to use #6DCFF6 instead of “azure.”

Key terms: Dawn (Shopify theme), CSS (styling language for web pages), hex color code (#RRGGBB format).

Status: Unresolved/ongoing. No confirmation that the CSS solution works for the requester’s product page. Open items: provide a preview/URL for precise targeting, update the CSS with #6DCFF6, and verify the change on the product page.

Summarized with AI on January 16. AI used: gpt-5.

Hello,

I am currently trying to change the background colour of my product page however, there is no colour theme selection. How do i change the background colour?

Thanks.

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Hi @StarMintz

Would you mind to share your store URL website, with password if its protected? Thanks!

The website is not live yet.

Hi @StarMintz

Would you mind to share the preview of the product page? Thanks!

Hi, @StarMintz .

Follow These Steps.

Goto Online store > Assets > Edit code > find Base.css File and paste the code mentioned below.

.section-template--20531184173367__product-grid-padding {
    background: azure;
}

.collection-hero.color-background-1.gradient {
    background: azure;
}

Result:

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Hello,

I would like the colour to be #6DCFF6

Thanks