Change gnome top bar text color

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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?

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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 :mechanical_arm:

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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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Check this out, bro, this plugin is perfect for you.GitHub - 0xHertz/thanks-god: This extension solves a problem that has been unsolved on the Internet, how to automatically switch the gnome-panel font color between light and dark mode.这个扩展解决了网上一直未解决的问题，如何在明亮和黑暗模式下自动切换gnome-panel字体颜色

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Note: "Compatible with GNOME Shell versions 46, 47, and 48."
If I am not wrong, Zorin 17.3 core has GNOME Shell 43.

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Exactly.

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To customize the Top Bar from Gnome, there would be the Extension Open Bar:

I used it in the Past, too. It offers quite a lot of Options for Theming. Should be worth a Try.