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Yeah, Krita has themes/skins, here is a few: http://www.davidrevoy.com/article124/themes-for-krita-and-kd... The top one seems darker. Otherwise you can always edit the `.colors` file of your choosing to be even darker.

Cool thanks!

Yes: https://docs.krita.org/Settings_Menu#Themes

The default is white on dark gray...

I believe the neutral grey helps to shift the focus away from the UI to your art piece.

That kind of justification seems completely reasonable when you're looking at different screenshots to decide which UI theme looks better, but turns out to be completely counterproductive when you actually try to use the product.

The dark theme has nice contrast, been using that since it first came

As a first comment on full version bump of a truly astounding application with a clear and accessible Themes in its top-level menu, this is perhaps a tad lacking in positivity.