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In Ubuntu 18.04, I am working with multiple terminal windows and I'd like to change the color of each one so I can keep them straight. The preferences for the terminal application changes the background color of all terminal windows.

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  • Would it work for you to just change the color of each terminal's tab when you have multiple windows? askubuntu.com/questions/1045901/… explains how.
    – K7AAY
    Mar 27, 2020 at 22:57
  • Or, does this answer your question? Changing Background Image in Multiple Terminals
    – K7AAY
    Mar 27, 2020 at 22:59
  • Not duplicate of those. The first one you linked is about changing the tab color, and the answer doesn't answer that at all. The second one is about background image, something gnome-terminal no longer supports.
    – egmont
    Mar 28, 2020 at 8:56

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  1. Open a terminal.

  2. Go to

    Edit → Preferences → Profiles

  3. Click on the "plus" button

  4. Add the name of the new profile and change its settings

  5. Go to

    Terminal → Change profile

    you will have a list of your created profiles. Change at will in each new opened terminal

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This command changes the background color in the given terminal only:

xtermcontrol --bg="#abcdef"

or alternatively

printf "\e]11;#abcdef\e\\"

Place this in your shell startup file, and combine with randomness (or derive the color from tty's output) as you please.

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