OSX.6 change filename color black to white on dark background

Thanks for that, but what I asking was how to change the OSX default filename font color from black to white, so it becomes more easily visible when dark backgrounds are selected in icon view, eg the same way the Desktop default does, except when files are not on the Desktop.
or to put it another way:
if anyone's worked out an easy way to how to change the color of the font itself, rather than changing the folder/filename background using File, Label, Color, eg because light colors may already be in use as Labels, and so mean something else.
or as explored in this archived discussion:
How to change the color of the file name Font in Finder window and Desktop
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1744863?threadID=1744863
Perhaps this is easy for programmers but not for users???

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