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I am trying to change the desktop icon font colour on ubuntu. I created a copy of the Yaru-dark theme named my-Yaru-dark. Then changed index.theme file as follows:

[X-GNOME-Metatheme]
Name=my-Yaru-dark
Type=X-GNOME-Metatheme
Comment=Ubuntu my-Yaru-dark theme
Encoding=UTF-8
GtkTheme=my-Yaru-dark
IconTheme=my-Yaru-dark
CursorTheme=my-Yaru-dark
CursorSize=24

Then I changed the gtk theme to my-Yaru-dark using

$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme my-Yaru-dark

I found gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0, gtk-3.20, gtk-4.0 directories in my-Yaru-dark. In each directory(except gtk-2.0), there was gtk.css and gtk-dark.css.

I tried looking for my gtk version. I ran $ gtk-launch --version. This gave output: 3.24.25. I assumed that I should edit gtk files in gtk-3.0 or gtk-3.20. In each gtk.css and gtk-dark.css file under both directories, after the import line, I added

.nautilus-desktop.nautilus-canvas-item {
    color: #000000;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px white;
}

Then I rebooted the system. I didn't observe any change. I am still using my-Yaru-dark theme but dektop font color is not changed.

I am using ubuntu 21.04. Thanks in advance.

dolphin_jack
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    Does this answer your question? [How to customize 19.10 Desktop Icon Font Size](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1185621/how-to-customize-19-10-desktop-icon-font-size) – PRATAP Aug 15 '21 at 17:36
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    Yes, I was able to find a solution by following the above link. Thank you so much. – dolphin_jack Aug 17 '21 at 04:06

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