Make sure you have sed installed. (sudo apt-get install sed) Open a terminal in this directory; right-click-->open in terminal, or navigate to it from within the terminal. MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THIS DIRECTORY! Execute the following line: find ./ -type f \( -iname '*.svg' -o -iname '*.css' \) -exec sed -i "s/#d64937/#1a80b6/g" {} \; #d64937 is the default accent color. Replace #1A80B6 with the color of your choice. Restart cinnamon. You can use rgba, hex, or standard css color names.