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title: What are theme styles?
url: https://support.troopthemes.com/faqs/theme-styles/
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# What are theme styles?

A **theme style** (Shopify and many theme teams also call this a **preset**) is a ready-made set of *global* design choices we have created for you: typography, color defaults, and other theme-wide settings. It is not a different theme and not a separate app. It is a starting look you can select or build on top of.

All styles in a theme use the **same sections and features**; only the bundled defaults differ. You can still change everything in **Theme settings** after you pick a style.

## Which guide covers my theme style?

Each theme style uses the guide for its parent theme. The settings and sections are the same.

| Theme style | Parent theme | Guide |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockshop, Radiance, Stone, Valla | Blockshop | [Blockshop guide](https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/blockshop/) |
| Maker, Bloom | Maker | [Maker guide](https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/maker/) |
| Emerge, Cafe, Elements | Emerge | [Emerge guide](https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/emerge/) |
| Beyond, Fleur | Beyond | [Beyond guide](https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/beyond/) |

## In the theme editor (what you see in your store)

In **Edit theme** → **Theme settings** → **Theme style**, you can preview the other styles that ship with your theme and use **Change style** to apply one. That is the same control whether you first found the theme from a “Cafe”-style listing or a “Blockshop”-style listing in the store: the editor lists every preset that belongs to that theme.

Shopify’s help centre explains [theme style](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/customizing-themes/theme-editor/theme-settings#theme-style) in more detail, including that applying a style **updates** your current global settings (for example colors and fonts) to match that preset. Your store’s products, collections, and pages are not removed; if you are unsure, duplicate the theme in **Online Store → Themes** before changing style so you keep a copy of your current look.

## In the Shopify Theme Store (how discovery changed)

The [Shopify Theme Store](https://themes.shopify.com) used to group several looks under a single theme page. **Now, each demo (preset) is often shown as its own listing** so you can search and open the exact look you want, with links on that page to the sibling styles in the same theme family.

**Important for buying and installing:** you still add **one** theme to your store. A purchase or trial of that theme includes **all** of its styles. You do **not** need to buy each store listing separately to use another style in the pack. After the theme is in your admin, switch styles from **Theme settings** → **Theme style** as above.

Some themes also install or preview with the preset that matched the listing you chose, so your first view may match that demo; you can change to any other style in the same theme from the theme editor at any time.