Appearance

Appearance

All of this lives in Settings → Appearance.

Theme

Option	Behavior
Dark (default)	Orchard's standard dark theme
OLED	True-black backgrounds, for OLED panels
System	Follows your operating system's light or dark preference

Interface design

Two layout presets:

• Grove is Orchard's default layout.
• Canopy is the alternative arrangement.

Immersive backgrounds

On by default. Immersive backgrounds fill the space behind the player with the current track's artwork.

Background intensity:

Option	Effect
Subtle	Low opacity, minimal distraction
Balanced	The default middle ground
Vivid	Strong, high-contrast artwork presence

Background motion:

Option	Effect
Animated artwork	Uses animated cover art where a provider has it
Artwork warp	Slowly warps the static cover art

Accent color

Option	Source
Artwork	Extracted from the current track's cover art
Orchard	Orchard's own brand accent
Custom	A color you pick

Artwork-derived accents use the Vibrant palette extractor, so the accent tracks what is actually playing.

Graphics mode

Available on Windows and macOS. Linux does not expose this option.

Option	Behavior
Automatic (default)	Let the system choose a GPU
Integrated GPU	Force the integrated GPU

Forcing the integrated GPU is the fix for laptops where Orchard drives the discrete GPU and burns battery for no visual benefit. Changing this requires restarting Orchard, and the settings panel says so.

Custom artist pages

On by default. When enabled, installed artist packs can replace an artist's page with custom artwork, layout, and effects. Turning it off returns every artist to the standard page without uninstalling anything. See Artist Packs.

Source map

Path	Role
src/app/appearance/appearancePreferences.js	Options and defaults
src/app/appearance/artworkService.js	Artwork resolution
src/app/appearance/artworkProviders.js	Provider chain, including animated art
src/app/appearance/visualUtils.js	Palette and color math
shared/graphicsMode.js	Graphics mode options
electron/main/graphicsMode.js	Applying graphics mode at launch
src/components/animated-background/	Background rendering