Cinnamon (nemo) desktop font color

To change the desktop font color suited to your background:

1. Create a file named gtk.css in your ~/.config/gtk-3.0 directory.
2. Put the following text in that gtk.css file:
   

   .nemo-desktop.nemo-canvas-item {
   color: #FFFFFF;
   text-shadow: 1px 1px @desktop_item_text_shadow;
   }

3. Alt+F2, type nemo -q and hit Enter
4. Alt+F2, type nemo -n and hit Enter

Ref: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=300371