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# effectiveAppearance

The appearance that AppKit uses to draw the app’s interface.

```
var effectiveAppearance: NSAppearance { get }
```

## Discussion

This property always contains an [`NSAppearance`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAppearance) object representing the appearance to use during drawing. If you don’t explicitly assign a value to the [`appearance`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/appearance) property, the app inherits the system’s effective appearance.

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