@ngdoc content
@name Configuring a Theme
@description

## Configuring a theme

By default your Angular Material application will use the default theme, a theme
that is pre-configured with the following palettes for intention groups:

- *primary* - indigo
- *accent* - pink
- *warn* - red
- *background* - grey (note that white is in this palette)

Configuring of the default theme is done by using the `$mdThemingProvider`
during application configuration.

### Configuring Color Intentions

You can specify a color palette for a given color intention by calling the
appropriate configuration method (`theme.primaryPalette`, `theme.accentPalette`,
`theme.warnPalette`, `theme.backgroundPalette`).

<hljs lang="js">
angular.module('myApp', ['ngMaterial'])
.config(function($mdThemingProvider) {
  $mdThemingProvider.theme('default')
    .primaryPalette('pink')
    .accentPalette('orange');
});
</hljs>

### Specifying Dark Themes

You can mark a theme as dark by calling `theme.dark()`. 

<hljs lang="js">
angular.module('myApp', ['ngMaterial'])
.config(function($mdThemingProvider) {
  $mdThemingProvider.theme('default')
    .dark();
});
</hljs>

### Specifying Custom Hues For Color Intentions

You can specify the hues from a palette that will be used by an intention group
by default and for the `md-hue-1`, `md-hue-2`, `md-hue-3` classes. 

By default, shades `500`, `300` `800` and `A100` are used for `primary` and
`warn` intentions, while `400`, `300`, `800` and `A100` are used for `accent`.

<hljs lang="js">
angular.module('myApp', ['ngMaterial'])
.config(function($mdThemingProvider) {

  $mdThemingProvider.theme('default')
    .primaryPalette('pink', {
      'default': '400', // by default use shade 400 from the pink palette for primary intentions
      'hue-1': '100', // use shade 100 for the `md-hue-1` class
      'hue-2': '600', // use shade 600 for the `md-hue-2` class
      'hue-3': 'A100' // use shade A100 for the `md-hue-3` class
    })
    // If you specify less than all of the keys, it will inherit from the
    // default shades
    .accentPalette('purple', {
      'default': '200' // use shade 200 for default, and keep all other shades the same
    });

});
</hljs>

### Defining Custom Palettes

As mentioned before, Angular Material ships with the Material Design
Spec's color palettes built in. In the event that you need to define a custom color palette, you can use `$mdThemingProvider` to define it, thereby making 
it available to your theme for use in its intention groups. Note that you must
specify all hues in the definition map.

<hljs lang="js">
angular.module('myApp', ['ngMaterial'])
.config(function($mdThemingProvider) {

  $mdThemingProvider.definePalette('amazingPaletteName', {
    '50': 'ffebee',
    '100': 'ffcdd2',
    '200': 'ef9a9a',
    '300': 'e57373',
    '400': 'ef5350',
    '500': 'f44336',
    '600': 'e53935',
    '700': 'd32f2f',
    '800': 'c62828',
    '900': 'b71c1c',
    'A100': 'ff8a80',
    'A200': 'ff5252',
    'A400': 'ff1744',
    'A700': 'd50000',
    'contrastDefaultColor': 'light',    // whether, by default, text (contrast) 
                                        // on this palette should be dark or light

    'contrastDarkColors': ['50', '100', //hues which contrast should be 'dark' by default
     '200', '300', '400', 'A100'],
    'contrastLightColors': undefined    // could also specify this if default was 'dark'
  });

  $mdThemingProvider.theme('default')
    .primaryPalette('amazingPaletteName')

});
</hljs>

Sometimes it is easier to extend an existing color palette to overwrite a few
colors than define a whole new one. You can use `$mdThemingProvider.extendPalette` 
to quickly extend an existing color palette.

<hljs lang="js">
angular.module('myApp', ['ngMaterial'])
.config(function($mdThemingProvider) {

  // Extend the red theme with a few different colors
  var neonRedMap = $mdThemingProvider.extendPalette('red', {
    '500': 'ff0000'
  });

  // Register the new color palette map with the name `neonRed`
  $mdThemingProvider.definePalette('neonRed', neonRedMap);

  // Use that theme for the primary intentions
  $mdThemingProvider.theme('default')
    .primaryPalette('neonRed')

});
</hljs>
