How do I change the background color of the Navigator view in eclipse?

For platforms where eclipse uses gtk (Linux for example) one can use a custom gtkrc file (place it for example in the eclipse base directory)

style "eclipse" {
base[NORMAL] = "#FDF6E3"
fg[SELECTED] = "#FDF6E3"
base[SELECTED] = "#073642"
fg[NORMAL] = "#073642"
text[NORMAL] = "#073642"
base[ACTIVE] = "#073642"
}
class "GtkWidget" style "eclipse"

And a custom start script for eclipse

#!/bin/sh
GTK2_RC_FILES=gtkrc ./eclipse

Got the solution from http://blog.sarathonline.com/2008/10/solved-eclipse-looks-good-in-ubuntu-now.html

Combine this with the color themes plugin for coloring the editors