[SOLVED] Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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[SOLVED] Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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Searched the internetz and didn't find anything? I would love to change it from white to yellow. This is the clock and date in the lower right panel.

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System:    Host: pepi Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 4.8.4) 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 3.4.4 (Gtk 3.14.5+4) Distro: LinuxMint 2 betsy 
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: G73Jh v: 1.0
           Bios: American Megatrends v: G73Jh.205 date: 01/26/2010
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           7: 933 MHz 8: 1600 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Broadway XT [Mobility Radeon HD 5870]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0
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           Resolution: 1600x900@60.31hz
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Re: Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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Anybody have any pointers on what 'path' the file (probably a css file) is? I messed with the cinnamon.css in the Linux Mint theme folder but nothing seemed to work by doing this.
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Re: Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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I can tell you how to change it. I need to know 2 things.
1) Which Desktop theme are you using?
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2) What color do you want exactly?
http://www.color-hex.com/color/ffff00
https://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/ht ... l?c=FFFF00
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Re: Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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My Theme is 'Linux Mint' and I wanted yellow
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Re: Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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It is best to create a copy of the "Linux Mint" theme that you can edit, while leaving the original as it is.
Create a .themes folder in your home (/home/yourusername/.themes). Copy the "Linux Mint" theme there and change the name so that you know which is your theme.
Open the cinnamon.css file in your text editor, and go to the Applets section. You can change the font, color, or bold:

Applets

.applet-label
If you want the font for the Menu and Clock to be bigger, increase the font size. Change the color, also.
.applet-label {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12pt;
color: rgb(66,66,66);
}

.applet-label:hover {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12pt;
}

It can be color: white;
OR color: #acefff;

If you want yellow, put yellow.
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Re: Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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Thanks ... I will try this tonight.
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Re: Anyway to change the clock and date color and font size in LMDE2 Cinnamon?

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Thanks Austin !!! It worked. Gotta love this forum :mrgreen:
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