The default color of the terminal on the Mac depends on the OS Dark/Light mode that you have set on your macOS Setting. Black if its dark theme and white if light.
Terminal - Dark Mode
Terminal - Light Mode
If you want to set a custom background color, follow the below steps,
- Open Terminal App.
- Now click on the Menu: Terminal -> Preferences... (Settings.. if on macOS Ventura 13 or higher)
- Now go to Profiles tab,
- Here under the Text tab, below the background you can click on Color & Effect to choose your background color.
- That's it! close all the Settings windows.
Now even when you toggle between dark/light modes, the background color will remain the same for the Terminal app.
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