How to remove message background color in Mail (Mac OS)

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How to remove message background color in Mail (Mac OS)

Users have the option of changing the background color of messages in the mailbox column (not the actual background color of the message content) via Show Colors (Shift+⌘+C). I would like to know if there is a way to remove these colors, returning the message background to transparent, as they don't necessarily configure with changes from light to dark mode.

Is there a way to add colorless transparence to the list of available colors in the color picker window?

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Oct 16, 2023 5:17 PM

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VikingOSX

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Oct 17, 2023 4:46 AM in response to JustSomeOtherDude

If an email is sent to you referencing a page on a remote server, its HTML5/CSS3 visual content is controlled on the remote server, and you cannot override that content background via Apple Mail.

The macOS color picker does not support alpha channels (transparency) and there is no means to add that capability or transform email backgrounds to other colors than white or black.

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Oct 17, 2023 7:42 AM in response to VikingOSX

VikingOSX wrote:

If an email is sent to you referencing a page on a remote server, its HTML5/CSS3 visual content is controlled on the remote server, and you cannot override that content background via Apple Mail.

The macOS color picker does not support alpha channels (transparency) and there is no means to add that capability or transform email backgrounds to other colors than white or black.

I agree that if the e-mail is written like that, it is out of the user control.

However: the macOS color picker does have an Opacity slider...

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VikingOSX

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Oct 17, 2023 8:22 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Yes, it does have opacity, which would only come into play in a Mail rule where one wants a custom message item background color and appearance other than the default fixed choices. Still cannot alter the received message body background color…

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Oct 17, 2023 8:35 AM in response to VikingOSX

VikingOSX wrote:

Yes, it does have opacity, which would only come into play in a Mail rule where one wants a custom message item background color and appearance other than the default fixed choices. Still cannot alter the received message body background color…

Agreed.

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How to remove message background color in Mail (Mac OS)

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