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This quick tutorial shows how to easily set a solid color as background wallpaper in your Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04 PC\/laptop.<\/p>\n
To stay focused and increase productivity, user may set a solid color desktop background which can also reduce eye strain. And, a black background will consume significantly less power especially for AMOLED displays.<\/p>\n
If you already downloaded a solid color wallpaper from web, or created one via an image editor, simply click the “Add Picture<\/b>” button in system settings -> Background (or Appearance)<\/i>. Then, your image will be there as a choice.<\/p>\n Add Personal Wallpapers<\/p><\/div>\n Instead of using an image file, there’s a hidden option that could work better! Not only for Ubuntu<\/i>, it also works on Fedora<\/i>, Debian<\/i>, Manjaro<\/i>, and other Linux with GNOME<\/strong> Desktop.<\/p>\n 1. Firstly, search for and install “Dconf Editor” configuration tool from either Ubuntu Software or App Center:<\/p>\n Or press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard, and run the command below in pop-up terminal to install the tool:<\/p>\n 2. Once installed, either press Windows<\/i> (Super<\/i>) key on keyboard or click the top-left corner “Activities”, then search for and open ‘Dconf Editor’<\/p>\n 3. When the tool opens, navigate to ‘org\/gnome\/desktop\/background<\/i>‘ page. There you need to do:<\/p>\n For choice, you may set gradient color background, by setting ‘color-shading-type’ to ‘vertical’ or ‘horizontal’, and set color value of “secondary-color”.<\/p>\n If you’re familiar with Linux command line, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open a terminal window.<\/p>\n When it opens, run the commands below one by one to disable current wallpapers for light and dark mode:<\/p>\n In case you’ve set gradient color background before, reset the “color-shading-type” via command:<\/p>\n Finally, run the command below in set a solid color background (total dark for example):<\/p>\n To restore the changes, simply open Settings -> Background and select a wallpaper as you want. Just note that you need to do this in both Light and Dark mode in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.<\/p>\n The steps above was written for the default GNOME Desktop. For other desktop environments, see below:<\/p>\n XFCE (XUbuntu)<\/b><\/p>\n For XFCE, the default desktop in XUbuntu and many other Linux, right-click on desktop and select “Desktop Settings<\/i>“.<\/p>\n In pop-up dialog, choose “Solid color” from Color<\/i> select box, and pick a color right after it. Finally, set Style to “None” to make it work.<\/p>\n KDE Plasma (KUbuntu, Ubuntu Studio)<\/b><\/p>\n KDE user can right-click on desktop and select “Configure Desktop and Wallpaper<\/i>” to launch the configure dialog.<\/p>\n Then, choose “Plain Color” as Wallpaper type<\/i>, and set your favorite color, finally click “Apply”.<\/p>\n MATE (Ubuntu MATE)<\/b><\/p>\n For MATE desktop, also right-click on desktop and select “Change Desktop Background<\/i>” from pop-up menu.<\/p>\n Then, select the first image in top-left as background, and choose “Solid color” from Colors<\/i> selection box, and click color picker to choose a color as you want.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/add-personal-wallpaper.webp\")
<\/a>Set Solid color background via Dconf Editor<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nsudo apt install dconf-editor<\/pre>\n
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#000000<\/code> for dark, #ffffff<\/code> for white. Or use color picker tool to get other color value)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\nLinux commands to set solid color background.<\/h3>\n
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri ''<\/pre>\n
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark ''<\/pre>\n
gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.background color-shading-type<\/pre>\n
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color '#000000'<\/pre>\n
How to Restore:<\/h3>\n
For other Desktop Environments:<\/h3>\n
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