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Retro photo widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A retro photo widget frames a favorite picture with a short caption. Warm 1970s color: mustard, rust and brown with rounded type. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Retro photo widget design preview: Warm 1970s color: mustard, rust and brown with rounded type. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a retro photo widget shows

A photo widget puts a person, place or pet on the home screen without making it the wallpaper. The frame, the crop and the caption decide whether it feels designed or just pasted in.

You pick the picture with Android's photo picker, so WidgetCraft needs no storage permission, and the photo stays on your phone. It is a free element.

How the retro style shapes it

Retro widgets use the palette of 1970s posters and record sleeves: mustard, burnt orange, brown and cream, with curved stripes and chunky rounded lettering.

Photos: Add a warm faded tint and a cream border like an old print.
Text: Use a chunky rounded face or a script for the title and plain sans for details.

Retro photo widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	360 × 200, background #F3E3C3, corner radius 20
Layout	photo on the left, caption on the right
Image	190 × 160, corner radius 12, crop to fill
Text	place label, size 12, color #8A6E55
Text	caption in two lines, Pacifico, size 24, color #3E2A1F
Shape	rule 28 × 3 in #D9622B
Text	date, size 12, color #8A6E55
Ornament	three vertical stripes down the right edge in burnt orange, mustard and chocolate
Font	Pacifico (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	4 × 2 cells

Retro color palette

Cream #F3E3C3Background
Sand #E8CF9FSurface and tracks
Chocolate #3E2A1FText
Walnut #8A6E55Labels
Burnt orange #D9622BAccent

How to make a retro photo widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 200, the background to #F3E3C3 and the corner radius to 20.
Tap Add and choose Image. Pick your photo, size it to 190 × 160 and set crop to fill.
Set the image corner radius to 12. Drag the crop so the subject is centered.
Add a Text caption at size 24 in #3E2A1F using Pacifico.
Add a small place label above and a date below, both at size 12 in #8A6E55, with a short rule in #D9622B between them.
Add the retro ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: three vertical stripes down the right edge in burnt orange, mustard and chocolate.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for retro photo widgets

Use cream instead of white and brown instead of black.
Stack two or three stripes as decoration.
Choose a photo whose subject sits in the middle; widgets crop the edges.
Portrait photos suit 2 × 2 or tall widgets better than wide ones.
Very large images make widgets slow; let the app resize the photo when asked.
Do not use cool blues or greys.
Do not use thin modern type.

Questions about the retro photo widget

What size is a retro photo widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Cream (#F3E3C3) for the background, Chocolate (#3E2A1F) for the main text, Walnut (#8A6E55) for labels and Burnt orange (#D9622B) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Photo widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the retro styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for vintage photo widget, 70s photo widget, retro aesthetic photo widget. They describe the same look as this retro photo widget.

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