The icons' names in safe mode are a very dark blue/violet and most of them are unreadable against the black background. What a stupid choice of colour.

How can I change either the background or the icon names colour?

I didn't find the right solution from the internet.
References
https://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/408150-icon-names-unreadable-safe-mode.html

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