The World Lacks Colour

[kerravonsen]

I hate blood tests. My arm hurts. And I need both arms to do computery stuff.

In other news, why is it that computer application themes (such as GTK+ and Firefox themes) come in only three flavours:
- bland
- garish
- black
Can't someone invent a tasteful, interesting theme that isn't black?

You people were right when you said you'd comment less, weren't you?
(iz sad)

Comments

[kerravonsen]

Yes, I'm rather fond of the "Walnut" Firefox theme, but I don't want to use it everywhere. I use it on my laptop, along with a GTK Theme called "CedarBrass", which is highly modified from a GTK Theme called "HandCraftedFromCedar". It seems like wood-look themes are the only exception to the rule, being interesting, tasteful, and readable.

http://too.katspace.org/gallery/scrapbook/2010-03-24-113946_1280x800_scrot.png is a screenshot, showing both "Walnut" and "CedarBrass" themes.

[cheyinka]

Which is interesting, because there's so many possible color themes that aren't based around wood, at least it seems like there should be, but metal-look ones are often either too bright or too low-contrast for me, and I haven't seen anything else that attempts to imitate real-world hues and isn't "a bucket of melted crayons"-garish.