Mac: How to Change Terminal Background Color

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

Mac Terminal in Light Mode as White Background

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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