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My Ubuntu Looks Like This:

ubuntu desktop

Why are the icons showing up as black and white?

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You are using the hight contrast theme, open your Apearence setting and change it back to Ambiance (or Radiance).

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  • Btw, you will find this in Ubunti 18 under "Universal access"
    – senseiwu
    Apr 16, 2020 at 9:44
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What you are seeing is a THEME called high contrast.

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Right click on your desktop and set it to ambiance.

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N.B. The high contrast setting toggle is no longer in the screen appearance dialogue under my 22.04 Ubuntu. The advice is correct, high contrast is causing the b/w icons. But the toggle is now in a new place, that is, it's found in universal access. I kept poking around the old dialogues where it no longer exists!

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