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title: Page Component Instance Styling
description: Once in a while you will want to change something on the design of a piece of content without changing the general style of the component. This is where instance styling comes in. In the example below
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# Page Component Instance Styling
Once in a while you will want to **change** something on the **design** of a piece of content **without** [changing the general style](https://knowledge.sitemanager.io/getting-started-workflow-guideline/7-check-responsive/general-styling?hsLang=en) of the component. This is where **instance styling** comes in.
*In the example below we want to change the background of the component to a darker color but we don't want other and future instances of this component to keep the existing lighter background.*
### Instance Styling
Hover over the component you want to create an instance off. Click the (2) **paintbrush button** to the right.
The platform is now **duplicating all design panels** of the **general component** and creating an instance. When you hover over the component you will see that the right paintbrush **icon button is blue.** It indicates that **this component has an instance**.
When you **click the paintbrush instance icon** you can change the same properties. The difference is that this will only **affect this instance** of the component.
*In the example above we changed the background to a darker blue.*
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