Magic Entry / Theme lab

MT5 ARGB Color Picker

Tune the interface theme, check contrast, and export a ready AppTheme block.

Click an element, adjust color and opacity, then download the ready .mqh file.

Workbench

Build the theme and verify the interface immediately

Palette, Magic Entry elements, line preview, zones, tickets, and risk panel stay inside one working layer.

Active color

Selected: line_order_entry

Alpha 0 is fully transparent and 255 is opaque. Color and alpha persist together; selection works with mouse or keyboard.

Elements

Position zones and lines

TP | RR:2.3 | $:120 | Vol:0.70
PT-1 | RR:1.4 | $:62 | Vol:0.35
CNL
ENTRY | Vol:0.70
PS-1 | RR:0.5 | $:-26 | Vol:0.35
SL MAIN | RR:1.0 | $:-52 | Vol:0.70
BE-TRG | RR:1.2
BE-OFST | PTS:20
TR-START | RR:0.8
TR-GAP | PTS:35
TT-START | RR:1.6
TT-GAP | PTS:18
Trailing stop uses line_be_trigger/line_be_offset. Trailing take uses line_ttp.

Order panel

GUARD
ALL
LONG +1.8RR | 2h 12m
SHORT -0.9RR | 45m
oBUY LIMIT 0.35
Use this to check pos_up/down colors and panel background.

Risk panel

LIMIT
MARKET
%
2.5
^
v
Panel mirrors button and input styling.

Export theme

Exports exact ColorToARGB values. A valid non-empty file wins; if it is missing, empty, or invalid, the EA uses Custom Theme inputs. This is the fallback path for macOS/ARM.

Export route

How to quickly find where to place the config file?

  1. Open the MetaTrader 5 platform. In the top menu select "File" -> "Open Data Folder". In the opened window open the MQL5 folder.
  2. Copy the downloaded file to the "Files" folder.

Full path example: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\MetaQuotes\Terminal\MANY-RANDOM-SYMBOLS\MQL5\Files\

For macOS users, the idea is the same: find where the terminal's AppData physically lives and place the config file into the required folder.

Usually on macOS, the user's folder contains hidden files. The terminal's physical AppData is usually somewhere among them.

  1. In Finder, press Command + Shift + G and enter /Users, then open the user folder, for example /Users/Georg/.
  2. Inside the user folder, press Command + Shift + . to show hidden files and folders.
  3. Find the terminal folder among them. Example path: Libraries / Application Support / MetaTrader 5 / Bottles / MetaTrader5 / drive_c / Program Files / MetaTrader 5 / MQL5 / Files /.
  4. Your path may differ, for example: user / Library / Applications / net.metaquotes / drive_c / Program Files / MetaTrader / MQL / Files /. For Color Picker, use the Files folder.
Open Data Folder menu item in MetaTrader File menu