Use solid color instead of picture on Ubuntu desktop.
Ensure that picture uri is undefined.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri ""
Set background color to red.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color "#E66360"
Set background color to green.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color "#6AC46A"
Set background color to blue.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color "#8BC6FC"
Set background color to black.
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color "#000000"
It’s a neat functionality.