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What the title says, pretty much. This is for a website with a formal tone.

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For "theme" what is used is:

tema

You can see the use of the word "tema" in iGoogle.

For "skin" you can use "apariencia" as suggested by Laura.

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+1. How would you translate skin in this context? I was thinking about piel but it sounds weird. I think I would stick to the anglicism in this case. – Icarus Feb 28 '12 at 16:46
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@Icarus here at my work if we ever have to use the word "skin" we use the English word. – Alfredo Osorio Feb 28 '12 at 16:58
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You can use "apariencia" for "skin" – Laura Feb 29 '12 at 11:15
@Laura thank you, I added it to the answer. – Alfredo Osorio Feb 29 '12 at 21:05
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For an informal tone you could very well get away with just using 'skin' (without translating it).

Since you want a formal tone you could use tema or apariencia as suggested by Alfredo, or diseño or estilo.

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