Lots of popular dotfiles repos (stemming from this one) include this:
# Set highlight color to green
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleHighlightColor -string "0.764700 0.976500 0.568600"
It looks bad. How do I change it back? What was the original value?
Best Answer
The original value of blue is used when AppleHighlightColor doesn't exist, therefore you can reset it deleting AppleHighlightColor:
You can change the AppleHighlightColor with a GUI through System Preferences → General → Highlight Color.
Setting the highlight colour to Green through System Preferences:
Setting the highlight colour to Blue through System Preferences:
-g
is shorthand for NSGlobalDomain