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# Textures

A texture is a gradient drawn over a palette background to give it depth without using an image. It uses the palette's own colours, so it stays on-brand in both the light and dark schemes and needs no artwork.

![A conic texture on a banner](https://3733701002-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3fBWwpuJPUqPpT2ulMXp%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ac43417b7ee802d219d88bc6331cdea77c6eb9fe%2Ftextures.png?alt=media)

Three families are available from the **Texture** field:

* **Linear** — a gradient from one edge or corner: *Start*, *End*, *Top*, *Bottom* and the four corners.
* **Radial** — *Spotlight* (lighter centre) or *Vignette* (darker edges).
* **Conic** — a sweep from one of the four corners.

Textures can be set on a component (Presentation group), on the page banner and on the site's regions (Themer settings). They combine well with a [pattern](/convivial-for-govcms/theme-settings/patterns.md) — the tiled SVG sits above the texture — and they are the usual answer when a section looks flat but a background image would be too much.

Textures are subtle by design; if one is not visible on a given palette, that palette's *stronger* and *weaker* derivatives are close together, which is a Themer setting rather than something to fix on the component.