How can I change the Terminal console color in OSX without opening a new console?

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I know how to do this via Terminal > Preferences, but this seems to require opening a new console. I'd like to change the background color on the current console. Is this possible?

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '11 at 18:22

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Menu: Shell > Show Inspector (⌘I)

Double-click on the desired setting. Naturally you'll have to add your desired colour scheme using Preferences first.

answered Apr 08 '11 at 18:22

ghoppe

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

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You can create a command you can enter in Terminal like I suggested in a similar topic.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:17

Community

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answered Apr 08 '11 at 18:29

Daniel Beck

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '20 at 15:20

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You can do this from the command line too, with a command such as;

tput setab 6
clear

This changes the background to a teal colour.

answered Mar 25 '20 at 15:20

Fiach Reid

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How can I change the Terminal console color in OSX without opening a new console?

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