I'm using Zorin with the Gnome layout and the 'Blur my Shell' extension.
In light mode, the visibility of the top bar text is bad. Is there a way to change the text color?
If you are using a custom theme...
Open your preferred file manager and go to the directory where the theme is located.
usually at $HOME/.themes/
Or if you are using a default theme then:
Open terminal and:
sudo nautilus /usr/share/themes
Open the theme folder then ->gnome shell -> gnome-shell.css
This will open the .css file in a text editor.
Search for this line
#panel .panel-button {
and you will need to make modifications in the block:
like this:
color: rgba(255,255,255,1);
the above will set the colour as white with alpha value as 1.
or you can also simply write:
color: white;
Now save the file then reapply the theme by switching it to something else and then back to it. Or you can log out and log back in.
Note: This may or may not work since 'Blur my shell' might override the settings. Best way to know is to try it out.
Note 2: What you are trying to achieve is easier by using a gnome extension but I am not aware of any extension that allows you to change the colour of the text in the top bar
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Thanks! That totally works!
Let's see what else I can tweak in the CSS file 
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You're welcome. I am glad I could help.
By the way, you can check out this thread to get yourself started with editing the gnome-shell.css file.
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Wow, thanks!
I will definitely check it out!
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