Re: [Evolution] How to lighten up the background

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 20:37 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 13:13 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> > I have just upgraded from
> >         evolution-3.2.3-1.fc16.x86_64
> > to
> >         evolution-3.2.3-2.fc16.x86_64
> > along with a lot of KDE stuff.  In general (after about an hour's use)
> > I like the new version better than the old one, but the background had
> > changed from light gray (as I remember it) to dark gray.  The only
> > areas still white are the header fields.  How can I set the background
> > color?  I would like to set everything: message lists, panes for
> > messages being read and composed, etc.
> >
> > The system is Fedora-16 with all upgrades installed running KDE-4.8.1
> > on x86_64 hardware.
>
> The colours are nothing to do with Evolution, they are taken from the
> Gnome themes and settings.  Your task is really to work out how you
> change the Gnome colour settings from KDE!

$ gnome-control-center

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