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How can I change the Terminal console color in OSX without opening a new console?

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I know how to do this via Terminal > Preferences, but this seems to require opening a new console. I'd like to change the background color on the current console. Is this possible?

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Menu: Shell > Show Inspector (⌘I) Double-click on the desired setting. Naturally you'll have to add your desired colour scheme using Preferences first.

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