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Grub on start up changed color from purple to black?

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A while ago, i reinstalled 12.04 on my computer and a few day later when My system restarts after updating itself, the grub is no longer purple. It is just black and I didn't change anything that could do that. my system works fine and there is no problems with anything. I just don't like looking at a black grub while waiting in the booting process. Can you change the grub back to being purple or choose a different color?

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answered 1 Year ago anatta · Accepted Answer

In terminal type

sudo gedit /lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub

for Saucy:

sudo gedit /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.grub

for Bionic (18.04)

sudo gedit /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-logo/ubuntu-gnome-logo.grub

And you can change the grub background colour by changing the values of the 3 in numbers in the text document.

Black is this

if background_color 0,0,0 ; then

   clear

fi

and purple is this

if background_color 44,0,30 ; then

    clear

fi

Once you have finished editing that file save it and run

sudo update-grub

Refrences here and here.