Colour is one of the most powerful tools for making your visualizer match your brand or the mood of your music. Novus provides nine built-in theme presets plus full custom colour controls for every engine.
Built-In Theme Presets
Open the 'Theme' section in the Settings panel to see nine preset colour themes. Each preset sets all the colour-related parameters of the current engine at once — a quick way to completely change the mood of your visualizer.
Presets include options like Neon Purple, Cyber Blue, Sunset Gradient, Monochrome, and more. Click any preset to apply it instantly — you can undo at any time.
Tips
- →Apply a preset first, then fine-tune individual colours to match your exact brand palette.
Custom Colour Configuration
Below the presets, scroll down to the engine-specific 'Visualizer Settings' section. Each engine exposes its own colour parameters as colour pickers — for example Spectrum has a Bar Color and Background Color picker, while Particles has a Particle Color picker.
Click any colour swatch to open a colour picker. You can enter a hex code directly (e.g. #a855f7) or use the hue/saturation gradient to pick visually.
Tips
- →High contrast between the visualizer colour and the background produces the clearest-looking video export.
- →Dark backgrounds (near black) work best for neon and glow effects.
Background Colour vs. Particle Colour
The Background Color setting fills the entire canvas behind the visualizer. The visualizer colour (Bar Color, Particle Color, Ring Color, etc.) determines the colour of the animated elements.
If you're placing the visualizer over a video background or image, set the Background Color to transparent or pure black and use blend modes (available in the Feature Toggles section) to composite the layers.