SeeThru is a great tool for customizing the look of your desktop. It allows you to make the background color for the text under icons on the desktop fully or partially transparent, or to change the color by selecting the new one from the available spectrum. I found the resulting contrast, visibility, and usability of the modified icon to be quite satisfactory. It's a great way to make your desktop look more unique. Highly recommended!
You could have downloaded SeeThru 1.0.0002 from our software library for free. Seethru.exe is the most common filename for this program's installer. The most popular version among SeeThru users is 1.0. The program is categorized as Desktop Tools. This free program is a product of Mike Strong.
From the developer:
Allows the background color for the text under icons on the desktop be made transparent. Color of the icon text can also be selected to ensure good contrast with the desktop color. Works under W95, W98, NT4 and W2000
You may want to check out more software, such as IconAnyFolder, Madonote 2004 or IconLock, which might be related to SeeThru.