http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5238/
Create a simple color selector where the user can choose the *base color* to use. Just select *your* base color, and a custom Human theme is created on the fly that looks *exactly* like the default Human theme but where the orange window bars and orange icons are now based on *your* selected color. Gradients, style, application icons etc. remain unchanged.

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I think a color customization feature is a "must have" in order to capture the full support of the more appearance focused part of the population. That means girls.

You may call it silly, but it's a fact. In my experience the first thing a girl wants to do is to choose her own color. It's that way with her purse, it's that way with her mobile phone, it's that way with her Operating System.

Attracting female users *is* important if Ubuntu is to compete with Mac and Windows.]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:37:32 +0000
They need to be able to change the ugly brown unfashionably brown theme to a trendy pink theme!]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:40:59 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:45:40 +0000
But look at the great links Eldmannen posted in the first comment. That's how easy and attractive the color selector should look. That's what Ubuntu is up against - we should learn from what Windows and Mac does well.]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:52:56 +0000
Blubuntu theme is just Human made blue. Can there just not be an option to change the colour!]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:32:30 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:29:05 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:54:24 +0000 This idea is *not* about removing the orange color. It is about giving people the option to *change* the base color to their own liking, without having to search for, download and install an entirely new theme manually.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:59:29 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:17:21 +0000
Please add color scheme support for the Human theme!]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:40:54 +0000 Create a simple color selector where the user can choose the
> *base color* to use. Just select *your* base color, and a
> custom Human theme is created on the fly that looks *exactly*
> like the default Human theme but where the orange window bars
> and orange icons are now based on *your* selected color.
> Gradients, style, application icons etc. remain unchanged.
This feature is already implemented. Just look at the tab "Colors". But the Human theme does not support this feature.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:43:14 +0000
Is it really?

Can I easily switch the Human base color (orange) for my own preferred color and the colorization of window bars, folder icons etc. will automatically change? I tested this with another theme just now in Hardy and the ubiquitous folder icons stayed totally unchanged after I changed the color (the window bar changed color but that is just one part of the picture).

I do not want a 20 step procedure to tweaking one thing at a time. I want a simple and non-technical one-stop-shopping method for choosing *the* base color.]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:53:33 +0000 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:34:22 +0000
Can anybody provide a quick hack for me to edit a file or similar? It is affecting other themes which refer to the base colour, not just the human theme.]]> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:40:08 +0000 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:35:37 +0000
It seems like we should be able to do this with SVG icons, too, by taking advantage of SVG's ability to reference other colors, etc.

For instance, here is an example of some icons that have been given special colors so that they should automatically match your theme:

http://endolith.com/svgiconcolors/icontest.html]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:33:31 +0000 It would help so much just to customize the coloring rather than download a whole new theme. I do like the Human theme icons, just i easily get bored with colors and would like to simply pick my color from a color wheel like the highlight and the bar colors and all other colors.
PLeaaaaasee 0=]
]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:05:40 +0000 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:22:40 +0000 this is one of the main reasons why others (not me but) individuals start thingies like Mint, for instance.
MS could be deleted sooner, hopefully so.]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:14:55 +0000