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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Customize the appearance of a survey

As an assessment and survey administrator, set properties to customize the color of various elements on the questionnaires.

Before you begin

Role required: survey_admin or admin

About this task

For color properties, enter either an HTML color name or hexadecimal (hex) value. For hex values, the # character is required. Values aren't case-sensitive.

For example, if all the following formats are valid: LightGray, lightgray, and #D3D3D3, a preview of the color appears next to the field.

The customizations that you make apply to all assessments and surveys.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to either of the following modules.

    • Assessments > Admin > Assessment Properties
    • Survey > Administration > Properties For a description of the properties, see .
  2. On the Properties page, edit the properties as needed.

    Refer to the following screenshot to see which parts of the assessment questionnaires are controlled by the properties.

    Note: You can customize the Caption font color, Caption background color, and Question header background color only if Next Experience is turned off.

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Assessment color properties
  1. Click Save.

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