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I'd like to change the background color of the purple plymouth boot splash to another color, how can I do this?

Tim
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  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/16845/can-i-change-the-word-ubuntu-from-my-plymouth-default-theme answers most of this. – Oli Jan 10 '11 at 00:00

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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.

pomsky
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    http://www.colorhexa.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. – Filbuntu Jun 21 '15 at 07:10
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    Note that in 16.04, the themes directory location changed to: `/usr/share/plymouth/themes` – Olivier May 17 '16 at 11:14
  • on Ubuntu-Mate 20.04 it's specifically `/usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-mate-logo/ubuntu-mate-logo.script` – Frank N Apr 14 '21 at 08:20
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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
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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.

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