Themes vs. genre colours
Your colour themes are the shared palette library used by effects everywhere. The DJ Mode Colors tab is different: it doesn't create colours, it maps those themes onto genres — so House might lean blue and purple while Drum & Bass goes green, automatically, as tracks change.
The Colors tab
Open DJ Mode and select the Colors tab. You'll see a card for each genre family, each showing the colours it will use. A card marked Using defaults hasn't been customised yet. Use How genres map to colours to see the genre lookup, or Reset all to defaults to start fresh.
Choosing themes for a genre
Click a genre card to choose which themes it may use. Tick the themes you want and the card updates to show your selection. For multi-colour themes you can pick how they render: Blend for a smooth wash that fades between the colours, or Solid for distinct stepped colours. Single-colour themes are marked Single and always show their one colour. Click Reset to default on a genre to undo your changes.
How genres map to colours
Each track's file genre is matched to one of 13 genre families (Electronic, Rock, Hip Hop, Pop, Funk / Soul, Jazz, Latin, Reggae, Blues, Classical, Folk World & Country, Stage & Screen and Non-Music). The How genres map to colours screen shows the keywords and subgenres each family catches. Type any genre tag into the tester — for example Drum & Bass or R&B — and it tells you which family it lands on and the colours it will play. Tracks whose genre matches nothing fall to the Unmatched tracks card, so you can control their colours too.
Genre badges on your tracks
Your tracks now carry a colour-coded genre badge, so you can see at a glance what each one will play. Badges appear as you browse, and you can right-click a badge to re-scan that track's genre tag if you've just edited it.
Sharper colour on real fixtures
Colours now sit better on real-world fixtures. Colour-wheel fixtures snap to the nearest matching slot for the chosen colour, single-colour genres stay true instead of drifting on loud beats, and dedicated Amber or UV emitters only fire when the colour genuinely calls for them — no accidental rainbows or white-outs.
When the colours play
Once it's set up, it's automatic: load a track, its genre is detected, and the show builder builds the lighting from that genre's enabled themes in the blend or solid style you chose. The same colours feed your Magic Cues and automatic shows.