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numixproject / numix-icon-theme

Official base icon theme from the Numix project.
http://numixproject.github.io
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Design Clash in KDE #1370

Open palob opened 4 years ago

palob commented 4 years ago

I hope I'll find time to give Numix under KDE a spin again in the coming weeks. I have a feeling there is a lot to be done.

What is obvious already when using KDE apps in GNOME is odd look of Numix action icons in KDE apps.

KDE's own breeze theme has even non-symbolic icons designed as if they were symbolic icons (simplified designs, monochromatic + accent colours). Many third-party themes like Papirus or Flat-Remix are following this trend.

GNOME apps following the official HIG aren't using non-symbolic icons anyway, apps like Inkscape, GIMP, Krita, MyPaint,... ship their own symbolic icons.

This makes Numix icons stand out a lot. But do we want to discard our colourful icons (and redesign a huge amount of icons)?

palob commented 1 year ago

The big advantage of monochromatic (+accent colours) when compared to flat (i.e. no contours) multicolour icons like ours: you won't run into the issue of icons blending into the backround like #1386 or #1325 for instance.