Title: Dark Pastel
Author: Andrew Serong
Published: 14 December 2022
Last modified: 2 June 2026

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# Dark Pastel

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s=24&d=mm&r=g)

[Andrew Serong](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/author/andrewserong/)

![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/dark-pastel/0.3/screenshot.png?w=
post-thumbnail&strip=all)

## Style variations (6)

[Preview](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/dark-pastel/preview/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/dark-pastel.0.3.zip)

 *  Version 0.3
 *  Last updated June 2, 2026
 *  Active installations 60+
 *  WordPress version 6.9
 *  PHP version 7.4
 *  [Theme homepage](https://github.com/andrewserong/dark-pastel-theme)

A simple blogging theme inspired by dark pastel colours and old style books. Includes
nine separator block styles for a decorative touch.

## Features

[Block editor patterns](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/block-patterns/),
[Blog](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/blog/), [Custom colours](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-colors/),
[Custom logo](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-logo/), [Custom menu](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/custom-menu/),
[Editor style](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/editor-style/), [Featured images](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/featured-images/),
[Block themes](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/full-site-editing/), [One column](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/one-column/),
[Translation ready](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/themes/tags/translation-ready/)

## Patterns

## Downloads per day

Active Installations: **60+**

## Ratings

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## Support

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[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/dark-pastel/)

## Report

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## Translations

This theme is available in the following languages: [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/themes/dark-pastel/)
and [Русский](https://ru.wordpress.org/themes/dark-pastel/).

[Translate this theme](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/dark-pastel)

## Browse the code

[Development log](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/log/dark-pastel)

[Subversion repository](https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/dark-pastel)

[Browse in Trac](https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dark-pastel)

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