type="topic"

      id="app-colors">

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    <desc>Change colors and backgrounds.</desc>

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  <title>Color schemes</title>

  
If you do not like the default <app>Terminal</app> theme, you may want to

  change the colors that are used for the text and background. You can use

  colors from your theme, select one of the presets or use a custom scheme.

  <section id="system-theme">

    <title>Use colors from your system theme</title>

    
To use colors from the system theme:

      <steps>

      <item>

        
Open <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>

        <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Your current profile is selected in the sidebar. If you wish to edit

        a different profile, click on its name.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Select <gui style="tab">Colors</gui>.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Check <gui style="checkbox">Use colors from system theme</gui>. The

        changes will be applied automatically.

      </item>

    </steps>

  </section>

  <section id="built-in-scheme">

    <title>Built-in schemes</title>

    
You can choose one of the built-in color schemes: <gui>Black on light

    yellow</gui>, <gui>Black on white</gui>, <gui>Gray on black</gui>,

    <gui>Green on black</gui>, <gui>White on black</gui>, <gui>Tango

    light</gui>, <gui>Tango dark</gui>, <gui>Solarized light</gui>,

    <gui>Solarized dark</gui>. To set any of the built-in schemes:

    <steps>

      <item>

        
Open <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>

        <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Your current profile is selected in the sidebar. If you wish to edit

        a different profile, click on its name.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Select <gui style="tab">Colors</gui>.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Make sure that <gui style="checkbox">Use colors from system

        theme</gui> is unchecked. Choose the desired color scheme from

        <gui>Built-in schemes</gui>. Color scheme choices are applied

        automatically.

        <note>

	  
Applications can choose to use a color from the palette rather

	  than the specified bold color.

        </note>

      </item>

    </steps>

  </section>

  <section id="custom-scheme">

    <title>Custom color scheme</title>

    
You can use custom colors for the text and background in

    <app>Terminal</app>:

    <steps>

      <item>

        
Open <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui>

        <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Your current profile is selected in the sidebar. If you wish to edit

        a different profile, click on its name.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Select <gui style="tab">Colors</gui>.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Make sure that <gui style="checkbox">Use colors from system

        theme</gui> is unchecked. Select <gui>Custom</gui> from the

        <gui>Built-in schemes</gui> drop-down list.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Click on the color you would like to change.

      </item>

      <item>

        
Choose your desired color from the color sample and click

        <gui style="button">Select</gui>.

        
You can choose the desired color in the following ways:

        <list>

          <item>

            
Input the hexadecimal color code in the input box.

          </item>

          <item>

            
Drag the slider on the left to adjust the colors and click on

	    the desired color in the color selection area.

          </item>

        </list>

	
Your changes will be saved automatically.

      </item>

    </steps>

    <note style="tip">

      
You may also alter a color when you have chosen a built-in scheme by

      clicking on the color sample block. Once changed, your selection in the

      built-in scheme menu will change to <gui>Custom</gui>.

    </note>

    <note style="tip">

      
Traditionally terminal emulators offered a 16 color palette, this is

      what you can alter here. <app>Terminal</app> supports an extended set of

      256 colors, but the additional 240 colors cannot be edited here.

      
<app>Terminal</app> even offers direct access to over 16 million

      colors, this is called “true color” mode.

      
If the changes you make to the palette do not seem to have an effect,

      presumably the contents you see consist of such extended palette colors

      or true colors, rather than the 16 base colors.

    </note>

  </section>

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