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I need to change the 3D viewport background color from the default gray to a higher-contrast color like white, but I can't seem to find an option to do so. This question has been asked and answered for other versions of Blender, but apparently not for 2.49b (i.e. the steps given don't match my interface, so I assume they're for different versions). How do I change the 3D viewport color in 2.49b?

Bonus question: how can I change the grid line color?

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    Do you really want answer for 2.49b version? Are there any special reasons for using such old version? Of course interface differs because there was significant change from 2,49 to 2.5x versions, both in interface and API – Mr Zak Dec 15 '17 at 22:14
  • I am slowly learning to use the newer versions, but I'm most familiar with 2.49b and still use it for a lot of my projects. But you know what they say... old age is a bitch, and the gray background just isn't working for me anymore. – MikeB Dec 15 '17 at 22:20
  • You'd do wise to invest your time learning a newer version. I can't even remember if that was configurable back then any more. – Duarte Farrajota Ramos Dec 16 '17 at 00:06
  • @MikeB I was in your shoes once, I refused to ditch my years of learning the interface and outright waited a year to try 2.5! To ease the migration you can reorder the panels to have the now vertical sidebar at the bottom similar to 2.49. – iKlsR Dec 16 '17 at 03:49

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Expand the top Info window bar, navigate to the Theme tab, and press Add to create a new one.

From the menus make sure you pick 3D View, then choose Background and adjust the color from the sliders or the color picker as desired.

You can also adjust the grid color by picking Grid from the second dropdown.

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