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Change the background color of the terminal in Linux Mint.

To change the background color of the Linux Mint terminal, access the Profile Preferences like this.

Linux Mint terminal preferences.
Linux Mint terminal preferences.

Then navigate to this tab to change the background color of the terminal window.

Terminal color preferences.
Terminal color preferences.

This way, themes may be chosen, or a custom color may be chosen to set just the color you wish to use. This is how easy this is.

The user may also create a new profile and store a custom color scheme.

Linux Mint terminal profiles.
Linux Mint terminal profiles.

This way, if there is more than one person using the same account, they can still have more than one profile in the terminal. It is also possible to have a background image in a terminal. This can help to personalize the terminal and make it look very nice.

Terminal background image selection.
Terminal background image selection.

A tiling image would also be very nice. There is a lovely collection of images in the Propaganda collection. Install this easily.

sudo apt install propaganda-debian

Or

apt://propaganda-debian

Then browse to the images to select one for a background.

Propaganda Debian images for terminal background.
Propaganda Debian images for terminal background.

Very attractive result.

Very attractive customized Linux terminal.
Very attractive customized Linux terminal.

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