Add more solid color desktop patterns

Jan 09, '07 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: kylew

Amazingly, Apple has chosen not to include a color picker when selecting solid color backgrounds in the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preferences panel. Instead, a set of 10 pre-defined solid colors are available.

To add additional colors (including the ever-popular solid black), simply navigate to your boot volume's /Library -> Desktop Pictures -> Solid Colors folder. Copy or create a new png file for each of your favorite colors. The image size should be 128x128, to remain consistent with the existing files.

Any files you add will automatically show up, along with the default solid colors, in the Desktop & Screen Saver System Preferences panel

[robg adds: This is a much better solution than this older hint -- more than likely, this solution wasn't possible back then. I tried creating the folder structure in my user's folder, to see if System Preferences would look there as well, but alas it won't. Since your custom colors reside in the top-level Library, there's a chance they could disappear during a system upgrade.]

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