[Continuum Themes and Apps] trailblazer101:
Alright, I am going to try and make this guide as easy to follow as possible for the 1000x people who requested it, lol...

Before starting there is a few things you are going to need/should have:

apk manager...

text editor...

General Idea with How to Work a Computer/Follow Directions :P

Since we are going to be editing xml's, you have to use apk manager... Hopefully you have some basic knowledge with this "program", since it takes a little getting used to.. If not though, i will try and make this as painless as possible :)

First, open up apk manager and decompile (9) the framework-res.apk of your choosing.. You can unzip my gingerbread theme and use that framework-res, or any other one that you can find :)

Now, go to the projects folder, and navigate to "framework-res.apk\res\layout".. This is where, as the name implies, all the layouts for the ticker are placed... They are in xml format, so you can easily use notepad or such...

The XML that we are looking for in order to change the color is "standbymode.xml". Open it up in your text editor... Don't be intimidated, i know it looks confusing :P lol.. We are only messing with a little part...

Navigate down to the 13th line, aka "<TextView android:textSize="@dimen/time.text.size"... This is where the phone gets its information about the size, font, and color for the Time! :)

Scroll through that line until you come across android:textColor="blah"... As you can guess the Hex Value within the quotes is the color the clock is! Right now it is ffeaff00, but we can very easily change that :)

All you have to do now is by googling "Hex value for purple" or whatever color you want, find the hex value that you want to use :) The code should be exactly six letters/numbers, no more and no less... Now, copy that hex value, and replace the old code from "ff" on! Do not erase those first two letters, because that is telling the phone what transparency value to use, and we would like to keep it fully visible :)

Easy Enough, right? The hard part is now done!

All we have to do now is recompile the apk, which can be tricky if you don't know what your doing..

P.S if you know how to do this, you are done! I would still scan over these steps though, just to make sure you are doing it right :)

To compile in apk manager, just type 11! if you get a compile error, then you did something wrong :P That shouldn't happen though, this is a relatively easy mod....

Wait a while until you get a "Is this a system apk?" message... type "y".... then type y again for the next message... Now do what it says!

Don't forget to delete the "resources.arsc" file, and the "standbymode.xml" file!

Now you are done!! :D Just replace that framework using whatever method you use, Whether that be with adb when the phone is in recovery, or by replacing the new modified apk with the original within a zip file already made by me :)

If you make your own, don't be stingy.. Upload it to XDA or whatever, and share it with the community :) I will put it up on the front page, and give you the credit :) Make sure though you share with me what kind of framework-res.apk it is, and where you got :) as in, if you got it from my gingerbread package, or from my stock 2.2 Accurate theme, or Reboot Options, or any other option :)