Get current active wp color scheme

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1. The current admin color scheme is a user setting, you can get its value with:

   $current_color = get_user_option( 'admin_color' );
   

   See the function admin_color_scheme_picker() in wp-admin/includes/misc.php for an usage example.

2. If you want to access the colors in PHP, you have to do a little trick. In the file from toschos answer they use the global variable $_wp_admin_css_colors. This gets destroyed at any point of the runtime.

   I actually found the right hook to copy it:

   <?php
       $admin_colors;
       add_action('admin_head', function(){global $_wp_admin_css_colors; $admin_colors = $_wp_admin_css_colors;});
   ?>
   

   So now I can access the colors at any point in the script I want like this:

   $admin_colors[get_user_option('admin_color')]['colors']; // array(0 => #222, 1 => #333, 2 => #0074a2, 3 => #2ea2cc)
   

   Here is an excerpt of $admin_colors to demonstrate the structure:

   $admin_colors = Array
   (
       [fresh] => stdClass Object
       (
           [name] => Default
           [url] => https://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/css/colors.min.css
           [colors] => Array
           (
               [0] => #222
               [1] => #333
               [2] => #0074a2
               [3] => #2ea2cc
           )
           [icon_colors] => Array
           (
               [base] => #999
               [focus] => #2ea2cc
               [current] => #fff
           )
       )
   )
   

3. Every user can set his own admin color scheme, so you can also get the color scheme according to an user ID:

   get_user_option( 'admin_color', get_current_user_id() );
   

   Further reading: WP 3.8 Default Admin Colour For All Users

4. I think this is the simple way to get the current admin color scheme or set it also, see the code:

   Set the default admin color scheme:

   <?php
   
   /**
    * Set the default admin color scheme for WordPress user.
    */
   add_filter('get_user_option_admin_color', 'set_default_admin_color');
   function set_default_admin_color($result)
   {
   
       // set new default admin color scheme
       $result = 'midnight';
   
       // return the new default color
       return $result;
   
   }
   

   Get the current admin color scheme:

   /**
    * Get the current admin color scheme from WordPress user.
    */
   add_filter('get_user_option_admin_color', 'get_current_admin_color');
   function get_current_admin_color($result)
   {
   
       global $_wp_admin_css_colors;
   
       // get current admin color scheme name
       $current_color_scheme = $result;
   
       // get all available colors from scheme name
       $colors = $_wp_admin_css_colors[$current_color_scheme];
   
       // now you can use this colors or store it
       // var_dump($colors);
   
       // important: we should return the default color scheme
       return $result;
   
    }
   

   Get all available admin colors schemes:

   /**
    * Get all available admin colors schemes from WordPress user.
    */
   add_filter('get_user_option_admin_color', 'get_all_admin_colors');
   function get_all_admin_colors($result)
   {
   
       global $_wp_admin_css_colors;
   
       // get all available color schemes
       $colors = $_wp_admin_css_colors;
   
       // now you can use this color schemes or store it
       // var_dump($colors);
   
       // important: we should return the default color scheme
       return $result;
   
   }
   

   @see gist here also: https://gist.github.com/mohamdio/bb9a1a18446aca257935846d217060e9

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