---
title: colorScheme
framework: mapkitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: mapkitjs/map/colorscheme
---

# colorScheme

The map’s color scheme when displaying standard or muted standard map types.

## Declaration

```data
get colorScheme(): ColorScheme;
set colorScheme(colorScheme: ColorScheme);
```

## Mentioned in

MapKit JS 5

## Discussion

Discussion This property accepts a value from ColorScheme to determine whether the map displays with a dark or light theme when Standard or MutedStandard are the configured mapType. The default is Light. The map updates the grid, user location accuracy ring, marker annotation labels, and controls to complement the Dark Mode style.

## See Also

### Configuring the map’s appearance

- [distances](mapkitjs/map/distances-data.property.md)
- [mapType](mapkitjs/map/maptype.md)
- [padding](mapkitjs/map/padding.md)
- [pointOfInterestFilter](mapkitjs/map/pointofinterestfilter.md)
- [showsPointsOfInterest](mapkitjs/map/showspointsofinterest.md)
- [showItems(items, options)](mapkitjs/map/showitems.md)
- [MapShowItemsOptions](mapkitjs/mapshowitemsoptions.md)
- [tintColor](mapkitjs/map/tintcolor.md)