Changing your colours in Mac OS

This section explains how you can change your colours on the Mac

Introduction

Some people find certain text and background colour combinations difficult to read, while others prefer to always have a specific colour such as white text on a black background. In either case your Mac operating system gives you a range of options to change colour and contrast.

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