Change the background color of text which has been selected with the mouse.
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Click
SystemPreferencesAppearance
and select the Theme tab.
Click Customize and select the Colors tab.
Click the button to change the background color of
selected items.
Choose a color and click OK.
The background color of selected text (and other selected items) will be
changed.
Some themes do not allow you to change their colors, so you must change
to a different theme if you want to change the highlighted text color.