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How can I change the overall default color for text of the whole system, be it for the GNOME panel,tty, shell, etc. Just the overall look and feel aspect of my system.

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  • Almost a duplicate; here's the answer: http://askubuntu.com/a/7581 – Vreality Mar 21 '13 at 06:04
  • Well I have already have tried it but it doesnt seems to work. – Arush Salil Mar 21 '13 at 08:10
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    Why don't you edit your question to explain what exactly you have already tried? Also, mention what desktop environment is being used. The "everything of my system" also could be expanded: would you include web pages, pdf files, and spreadsheets in "everything"? –  Mar 21 '13 at 11:38
  • @Vreality, I'm not sure the question can be answered in its present form unless OP makes clear what is meant by "everything of my system". The link you provided dates back to 2010 when the gtk2/gtk3 "ratio" was different. Editing gtkrc affects only gtk2 apps. And the GNOME project is increasingly about gtk3. –  Mar 21 '13 at 11:45
  • @vasa1,Well is it good and okay now ? – Arush Salil Mar 21 '13 at 14:34

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  1. To change the color on a tty you can use setterm. Example:

    setterm -background black -foreground green

    If you want this when you log in you can add it to .bashrc otherwise you need to manually do this every time you log in to a tty.

    Colors:

    [grey||bright][black||red||green||yellow||blue||magenta||cyan||white]

    There are more options in the man page.

    edit: This will not work if you are already using another color scheme.

  2. You might also be interested in color coding for directories (dircolors): What do the different colors mean in ls?

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