I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 with GNOME and I would like to set the background color to black.
If I right click in the background I can select a wallpaper or a photo or a color. But there are only a few colors available.
How can I open a palette and select the #000000
color ?
Best Answer
Simple solution
First create an all-black image (jpg or png) using Gimp for example and save it to a convenient location. Alternatively you may download one from the internet.
Then open GNOME Tweak Tool (aka GNOME Tweaks, you may have to install it first) and go to the 'Desktop' section (or the 'Appearance' section depending on your Ubuntu version). Look for 'Background Location'. You can select the image you created/downloaded to load as the desktop background.
Advanced alternative
GUI way:
dconf-editor
command (you may have to install it first)./org/gnome/desktop/background/
./org/gnome/desktop/background/
and select 'primary-color'.#000000
for pitch black in the 'Custom value' box.CLI way:
You can achieve steps 1-4 of the "GUI way" by running the command
in Terminal and then steps 5 & 6 by running the command