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krlvm / AccentColorizer-E11

Accent Colorization for Windows 11 File Explorer Icon Glyphs
https://github.com/krlvm/AccentColorizer
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For cases where gray is the accent color, use a completely white icon instead of a gray/white mix #5

Open Shomnipotence opened 1 year ago

Shomnipotence commented 1 year ago

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We noticed that when using gray as an accent color, the combination of gray and white in the icon didn't look so good.

Using sheer white might be a good option

krlvm commented 1 year ago

It seems to me, on the contrary, these elements should stand out

Shomnipotence commented 1 year ago

It seems to me, on the contrary, these elements should stand out

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I agree that it should stand out, I'm talking about exactly how the case of grey as an accent color should make the icon stand out

When gray is used as an accent color, it is different from other colors as accent colors. When other colors are used as accent colors, they have similar lightness, and because of the different hues, they provide good differentiation and make them stand out.

Gray as an accent color loses a different hue (black-gray-white), so the difference in lightness feels uncomfortable and looks like a misalignment of icon colors, rather than a personalized, unique color.

Shomnipotence commented 1 year ago

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krlvm commented 1 year ago

As you see, it just uses ImmersiveSystemAccent in light mode and ImmersiveSystemAccentLight2 in dark mode, I don't think it is worth adding some exceptions there.

I think AccentColorizer shares the same problem.

Shomnipotence commented 1 year ago

As you see, it just uses ImmersiveSystemAccent in light mode and ImmersiveSystemAccentLight2 in dark mode, I don't think it is worth adding some exceptions there.

I think AccentColorizer shares the same problem.

I'm talking about accent color tinting right-click menu/file explorer command bar menu icons, I don't seem to understand what you mean, it is of course used in dark mode and light mode.

I mean either light or dark, when grey is the accent color, you should use black/white as the icon color, yes, this is an exception, which is different from the colored accent color.