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Change instagram story background color

Change Instagram Story Background Color

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A cool feature at Instagram is the ability to re-post Instagram posts to your Stories. You tap the little airplane icon on any post and send it to your Stories.

 

Change instagram story background color

I love this because it’s a great way to bring traffic to your latest Instagram post via your Stories and to also share awesome posts from others.

However.

Oftentimes when you repost to your Stories, the background Instagram automatically creates is not so pretty. And it rarely matches your brand colors.

 

Change instagram story background color

Let’s fix that!

Change Instagram Story Background Color

1) Tap the marker tool.

2) Choose a color or use the eyedropper to pick a color.

3) Press down on the screen for a second or two.

Change instagram story background color

This will turn the background to whichever color you choose.

If you want to match your brand colors more closely, press down on any color option to access the full spectrum of colors.

Change instagram story background color

Now you can create a Story that is much more aesthetically please for your audience and matches your style of brand better. And this tip on changing the Instagram Story background color works whether your re-sharing a post or simply just using Instagram Stories.

Change instagram story background color

Note: There is one scenario where this hack doesn’t work. That is when you upload a photo or video from your camera roll that isn’t vertical and the app also chooses a background color to fill in the margins. When you press on the screen to create a solid background color, it covers everything, even your image or video.

Hope you found this helpful! If you’d like some serious Stories techniques for marketing your business from your phone, check out Mobile Stories Studio.

If you’d like to remember this tip for how to change the Instagram Story background color when re-sharing posts, then be sure to pin the image below to your Pinterest account.

Change instagram story background color

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  1. Jameslor

    To use the app, tap the green + sign at the bottom of the screen. From the pop-up menu, choose a source for your background image . Choosing a solid-color background is helpful if you want to share a message in your Instagram story but don t have a photo to go with it.

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