Apple Watch 7 California Color Customization

I have the Watch 7 using the California face. On the Watch app on my iPhone, there are many color options displayed to customize the face, and you can add more. The problem is, some colors change the entire face, and other colors change the colors of the numbers. And the colors that only change the numbers can't seem to be used to change the color of the face background.


For example, if I choose "Blue Fog", which I want for the background, the background goes to black and the numbers go to "Blue Fog". Conversely, if he background is white, and I choose "Watermelon" which I want for the numerals, the background becomes watermelon, and the numerals become some shade of yellow.


My guess is that the app is trying to enforce a certain amount of contrast between the background and the numerals. There are two problems here:


  1. I know what I want better than the app does
  2. There's no way to tell which colors are background-only and which are numerals only. There's a vertical bar separating two sets of colors, and maybe numeral colors are on one side and background on the other. If true, adding colors to the list scrambles all that.


Barring being able to choose whichever colors I want, is there any list of valid background/numeral colors? Otherwise it's hit or miss and maddening picking colors for background and numerals and being surprised that the app doesn't like that and gives me something almost totally, but not completely, different from what I want.

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Aug 9, 2022 2:37 PM

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Aug 10, 2022 10:00 AM in response to Eric Feigenson1

Hello Eric Feigenson1.


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. According to this public resource here: Apple Watch faces and their features - Apple Support


The California face has these customizable features: Color, Numerals and Dial. It doesn't list any additional details such as valid background/numeral colors. For that, we recommend that you send Apple feedback on things they can change or update. You can do so by going here: Feedback - Watch - Apple


Thank you for using Apple Support Communities. Cheers.


Aug 10, 2022 10:03 AM in response to Eric Feigenson1

Hi Eric Feigenson1,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We understand that you're trying to customize an Apple Watch face and are not finding the combination you'd like. We'd like to help.


From what we found, it does not look like there is a list of colors available that will help you determine the best combination for your device. It only lists "colors" as an option: Apple Watch faces and their features - Apple Support


It may be helpful to leave Product Feedback for this feature. This will allow the Engineers to hear your comments and can help them know what you'd like to see differently.


Take care!

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