Perhaps you want to try Visual Studio Color Theme Designer 2022

Or install VS2019 dark theme

And additionally report it to http://developercommunity.visualstudio.com as a problem, to make the default theme good.

Answer from Alex Guteniev on Stack Overflow
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Change fonts, colors, and themes in Visual Studio
January 13, 2026 - Learn how to change Visual Studio color themes, font colors, text sizes, extra-contrast colors, and more. Configure preferences to improve readability and accessibility in the IDE.
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Use different colour themes in different versions of Visual Studio
This isn't possible today (short of some awkward workarounds*), but we're actively looking at adding this as an option in response to feedback. You can vote on and track process on this request here . More on reddit.com
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Change Visual Studio 2019 color theme
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How to change Visual Studio 2022 Editor Font and Colors to match VS 2019
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How do I download and use custom themes?
Click on Extensions/Manage Extensions. In the search box enter themes. The extension "Color Themes for Visual Studio" has several themes included. There's also a theme editor extension if you want to make your own theme. More on reddit.com
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3 weeks ago - In addition to Light or Dark, you can also try the Extra Contrast options (Light Extra Contrast or Dark Extra Constrast) which can improve text contrast in the editor. ... Select Tools > Options from the menu bar. Expand All Settings > Environment ...
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Visual Studio Color Theme Designer 2022 - Visual Studio Marketplace
October 20, 2022 - Extension for Visual Studio - Allows users to create and edit Visual Studio themes. Themes can customize colors used for menus, toolbars, tabs, titlebars, the text editor, and other environment colors.
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r/VisualStudio on Reddit: Use different colour themes in different versions of Visual Studio
January 21, 2022 -

Hi there!

Is it possible to use different themes in different versions of the Visual Studio on one machine?

For example, VS2019 will use a dark theme, and VS2022 will use a light theme. Now I'm using Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11.10 and Visual Studio 2022 (64-bit) Version 17.1.0, and when I change the theme in one of them, it's automatically changing the theme in the second one. Previously (about a month or two ago), I was able to use different colour themes in the different versions of the visual studio.

I'm migrating the old codebase to .Net 6, and I want to distinguish different open projects easily. Please share this sacred knowledge if there is another simple way to do so :-)

PS: I switched off the sync of settings between devices, but it didn't change the situation. Looks like both VS are checking settings in the same folder on a local drive