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 == Themes
 
-By default, Vaadin components are rendered with their minimalistic built-in <<themes/base#, base styles>>, which are a good starting point if you want to customize the look and feel extensively. Vaadin also ships with two themes, <<themes/aura#, Aura>> and <<themes/lumo#, Lumo>>, that provide a more polished look and feel for Vaadin components.
+Vaadin components come bundled only with minimalistic, built-in base styles, on top of which the application can load one of the two Vaadin themes, <<themes/aura#, Aura>> or <<themes/lumo#, Lumo>>, which provide a more polished look and feel.
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+If no [interfacename]`AppShellConfigurator` is defined for the application, the Aura theme will be loaded automatically. Otherwise either theme needs to be loaded explicitly using the [annotationname]`@StyleSheet` annotation.
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+While both themes are highly customizable, you can also choose to implement your own custom styling directly on top of the <<themes/base#, base styles>> in order to avoid having to override the styling provided by the theme.
 
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