Turning Off Hard to Read Terminal Colors in Ubuntu Linux

Step 4: Force white text in the terminal profile

In GNOME Terminal:

1. Open Terminal → Preferences
2. Select your profile (usually "Unnamed")
3. Go to the Colors tab
4. Uncheck Use colors from system theme
5. Uncheck Use transparent background (if set)
6. Under Text and Background Color, uncheck Use colors from system theme and set:
   • Text color: white   #FFFFFF
   • Background color: black (or your preference)   #000000
7. Under Palette, set all 16 palette colors to white — this overrides any remaining ANSI color codes from programs that ignore your shell settings