I'd like to change the background color of the purple plymouth boot splash to another color, how can I do this?
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askubuntu.com/questions/16845/… answers most of this.– Oli ♦Jan 10, 2011 at 0:00
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It's pretty easy.
Open the file /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.script with an editor
and change the following 2 lines that can be found to something like this
Window.SetBackgroundTopColor (0.0, 0.00, 0.0); # Nice colour on top of the screen fading to
Window.SetBackgroundBottomColor (0.0, 0.00, 0.0); # an equally nice colour on the bottom
save the file and run the following command.
sudo update-initramfs -u
The background of the boot splash should now be black instead of purple.
Note that in Ubuntu 16.04, the themes directory location changed to /usr/share/plymouth/themes.
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5colorhexa.com/4dbcff was helpful for me to find the colour I wanted. Example: rgb(0, 159, 255), in percentage rgb(0%,62.4%,100%) means 0.0, 0.62, 1.0 for the ubuntu-logo.script.– FilbuntuJun 21, 2015 at 7:10
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9Note that in 16.04, the themes directory location changed to:
/usr/share/plymouth/themes– OlivierMay 17, 2016 at 11:14 -
on Ubuntu-Mate 20.04 it's specifically
/usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-mate-logo/ubuntu-mate-logo.script– Frank NApr 14, 2021 at 8:20
The path location has changed since Ubuntu 16.04. See below
To open the file:
sudo nano /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.script
Then as before, edit these two rows:
Window.SetBackgroundTopColor (0.0, 0.00, 0.0); # Nice colour on top of the screen fading to
Window.SetBackgroundBottomColor (0.0, 0.00, 0.0); # an equally nice colour on the bottom
And run:
sudo update-initramfs -u
If you prefer to use a GUI then go with Plymouth Manager. It should be pretty straightforward and it lets you make a custom theme or pick one of the ones offered.
