Change the Appearance of Your Calendar: Change the Background Color

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click Calendar Options.
2. Under Calendar options, in the Background color list, click the color that you want.

Notes:
* The color that you choose is applied to the Day and Work Week views. The Week and Month views use system background colors, which are gray and white, by default.
* The color that you choose is applied to weekday hours. A darker shade of the background color is applied to night and weekend hours.