Can't seem to permanently set alternate inxi color

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Ubuntu Version:
22.04.5 LTS

Desktop Environment XFCE

Problem Description:
In my xfce4-terminal preferences, I use Xubuntu Dark which gives a dark background with light colors for characters; however, when I run inxi all of the headings are sort of dark blue - makes it had to read.
What I would like to have for permanent inxi colors can be seen with
inxi -c 26
which gives bright green topics and bright yellow information - it makes it easier to read on a dark background

Relevant System Information:

hugh@b450m 
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OS: Xubuntu 22.04.5 LTS x86_64 
Host: B450M/ac 
Kernel: 6.8.0-52-generic 
Uptime: 4 days, 2 hours, 14 mins 
Packages: 1957 (dpkg), 10 (snap) 
Shell: bash 5.1.16 
Resolution: 1920x1080 
DE: Xfce 4.16 
WM: Xfwm4 
WM Theme: Greybird-dark 
Theme: Greybird-dark [GTK2/3] 
Icons: elementary-xfce-darker [GTK2/3] 
Terminal: xfce4-terminal 
Terminal Font: DejaVu Sans Mono 9 
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics (12) @ 4.464GHz 
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series 
Memory: 2691MiB / 23390MiB ```

**Screenshots or Error Messages**
Current inxi color combo 
[Screenshot_2025-02-20_21-29-11|551x155](upload://boB22MOlcV1uuvcHuYh51he9Gie.png)
Desired inxi color combo
[Screenshot_2025-02-20_21-30-06|538x158](upload://36CttBcI7ngLIlsg9LijsFQICXy.png)

**What I've Tried**:
One can modify ~/.config/inxi.conf to permanently change the colors, but it doesn't work for me. These are my edits -
```hugh@b450m:~$ cat  .config/inxi.conf
#Reassigns colors permanently for inxi
26 ```
inxi.conf was initially an empty file!
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If you do

inxi -c 18

you can add the following to ~/.config/inxi.conf

DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME=18

Works for me.

See the manpage, specifically Color Options under Configuration Options.

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Yes, thank you. I am just now learning how to use the template.
I added
DEFAULT_COLOR_SCHEME=26
to my ~/.config/inxi.conf
but it did not seem to work.
I spun off another terminal, but that did not work either.
Does it require a reboot?

I need to figure out how to get screenshots uploaded consistently also.

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Screenshot_2025-02-20_21-29-11
Desired color scheme
Screenshot_2025-02-20_21-30-06
Seem to work this time.