In Windows 8.1 Microsoft has added some more graphics customization options than Windows 8. The improved customization options in Windows 8.1 now allow you to change the background of the Start screen and the colors.
Just go to the Start screen, open the charms bar by moving the cursor to the right, press on Settings and then on Customize .
If you prefer, you can also set the Start screen wallpaper the same as the one chosen for the Windows 8 desktop .
To do this, right click on the desktop taskbar, and in the exploration tab, find the corresponding option and select it.
With the small ColorSync tool you can activate two other options for customizing the background and colors of Windows 8 and 8.1 .
This tool is really small and light, without installation, which has two alternative options, one to make the Start screen in the same color as the desktop, the other to make the desktop windows of the same color chosen for the Start screen.
Winaero ColorSync is useful if you choose one of the themes that change wallpaper automatically on the desktop.
If you choose, in Desktop Customization, a theme of the predefined ones such as that of Flowers and Lines and colors, by setting the option Aero -> Start Screen on Colorsync, you get that the Start screen changes color every time the desktop changes background .
What is changed is the dominant background color and not the image.
It is therefore a small change, almost imperceptible, which can however make the Start screen less extraneous, more uniform to the desktop environment.
You can receive a SmartScreen warning when you try to run the program on your computer.
Click on the link for further information and then run it anyway.
The selection options are opened by right-clicking on the icon next to the clock on the desktop.
You can also activate the Run at Startup option to have Colorsync active when you start your computer.
ColorSync is one of the tools to customize the appearance of the Windows 8 Start screen
