Changing the colour of \textbullet in LaTeX Beamer

Question

I don't want to use Beamer's standard blue colour theme. I want to use beaver, which is deep reds. Everything looks nice, except that if I use itemize the bullet points are still blue. Is there a nice way to have the bullets vary with what colour theme I was using? (If I were to opt for a yellowish colour theme, I'd expect the bullets to go yellow too.)

If there isn't, what is the brute force way to change the bullet points red? Or at the very least, make them go back to black again.

score 30 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 25 '16 at 17:52

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In the current (early 2012) version of beamer, you want to use:

\setbeamercolor*{item}{fg=red}

instead.

edited Jan 25 '16 at 17:52

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answered Mar 15 '12 at 18:39

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@cupakob for me this does not work for subitems either. I had to use: `\setbeamercolor{itemize subitem}{fg=black}` – Ricardo Magalhães Cruz Jul 20 '15 at 18:31

score 17 · Accepted Answer · edited May 09 '15 at 15:43

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... what is the brute force way to change the bullet points red? ...

This works for me:

\setbeamercolor{itemize item}{fg=red} % all frames will have red bullets

\begin{frame}

  \begin{itemize}
    \item First item.
    \item Second item.
    \item Third item.
    \item Fourth item.
  \end{itemize}

\end{frame}

edited May 09 '15 at 15:43

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answered May 19 '10 at 13:20

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Awesome. That does work. Unless someone comes up with a neat variable way to do it, this'll be accepted tomorrow. – Seamus May 19 '10 at 13:31
@Seamus, putting `\setbeamercolor...` outside the frame causes all frames to have red bullets. See my edit. – Bart Kiers May 19 '10 at 13:35
I was asking to have the bullet colour change when I change theme. And I guess I can do that by adding your fix to the `.sty`. And adding a similar line to the yellow theme style file. – Seamus May 19 '10 at 14:00
That sounds like a probable solution (I've never tampered with .sty files myself though...). – Bart Kiers May 19 '10 at 14:07
beamer colour theme .sty files are literally just lists of `\usebeamercolor` commands... – Seamus May 20 '10 at 09:28
Thanks for a cool answer. Somehow I can't find a comprehensive list of everything the `\setbeamercolor` accepts to change. – mike3996 May 20 '11 at 17:08
How would I go about changing the color for enumerate items? `\setbeamercolor{enumerate item}{fg=red}` doesn't work. – Malabarba May 06 '12 at 01:52
@BruceConnor, I'm not into (La)TeX much these days. Consider posting your question on: http://tex.stackexchange.com – Bart Kiers May 07 '12 at 06:30

Changing the colour of \textbullet in LaTeX Beamer

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