Choosing color schemes for the desktop
You can choose a color scheme for the desktop. You can choose a preset color scheme, or create a color scheme by choosing colors for individual window items (widgets), like the inactive Title Bar, the active title text, or window background. You can choose colors from System Colors or Custom Colors menus. You can adjust the color contrast for the scheme.
To choose a color scheme
1. Click Application Starter, Control Center.
2. Double-click Desktop, and click Display.
3. Choose a color scheme from the Color Scheme list box.
To customize a color scheme
1. Follow all the steps from the previous procedure.
2. Click the Add button, and type a name for the new color scheme in the box.
3. Choose a window item from the Widget Color list box.
4. Click on the colored button below the Widget Color list box.
5. Choose a color by clicking on a colored square from System Colors.
6. Click the Save Changes button.
To choose a custom color
1. Follow steps 1 to 3 from the "To choose a color scheme" procedure.
2. Choose an empty box from Custom Colors.
3. Click a color region on the Color Palette
4. Click the Add To Custom Colors button.
To change the color contrast
1. Follow all the steps from the "To choose a color scheme" procedure.
2. Move the Contrast slider to the left to decrease contrast, and to the right to increase contrast.
Tip
You can set background colors by right-clicking the Display Settings button on the Panel, clicking Display Settings, then the Colors tab.