Look & Feel: Colors

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Click on the Look & Feel tab to change the color of the selected icon package.  Select an icon package from either the or tabs.  If the colors of the icon package can't be changed, the preview will say "The selected Icon Package cannot be recolored".  Options here include: changing the color (i.e. Hue, Saturation, Luminance), brightness, invert colors, remove colors (make black & white), and adding different effects, known as Filters.  The name of the icon package (i.e. LocalFlavor Vista) is above the preview area.  To apply any changes, click .  (The button will only become visible after you check one of the boxes.)

 

Change Coloring To change the color of the icons in the selected icon package, check the box for "I want to adjust the color of my Icon Package".  Then move the slider icons for Hue, Saturation and Luminance to the desired levels.   As you move the , the preview will reflect the changes.  You can either drag the or click along the bar & the will jump to that position.  Think of Hue as the tint of the color.  Saturation can be described as the purity of a color or the intensity.  Luminance is like brightness.  Changing the coloring will affect the whole icon set, not just those shown as a sample in the preview.  Uncheck the box let the icon package determine coloring.

Brightness  To change the brightness of the icon package, check the box for "Change the brightness of the Icon Package".  Then move the slider to the left to make it darker or to the right to lighten them.  The preview will reflect your changes.  Click "Reset" to return the back to the normal position for that icon set.  Uncheck the box to let the icon package determine brightness.

Inverted Color Another option is to "Invert the colors of the Icon Package" which changes the colors to opposites on the color scale.  As seen below, the yellow of the fish in the Internet Explorer icon has changed to a bluish color.  While the black of the cases on My Briefcase & User's Files has turned white.  This can add an different touch to a set of icons.  Uncheck this option to undo the change.

Normal coloring for the LocalFlavor Vista icon package.   Inverted colors.

Remove Color To remove all coloring from an icon package makes them display in shades of gray (black & white).  Check the box for "Remove all color from the Icon Package" and watch the preview.  To turn this feature off, uncheck the box.

Filter Options Adding a filter to the icon package can display some interesting results in the preview.  Some filters may not appear to do anything to a particular set of icons, but it may make a different package look quite different.  Play with the settings & in combination with changing the coloring, brightness and other options you can come up with a unique look to your computers icons.  To turn off filters, select the top menu option "Filter Options".

 

Normal.	Add Noise - small spots added.	Contour.
Edge - colored outline.	Jitter - fuzzy edges.	Emboss
Circle Transform (Pinch).	Circle Transform (Twirl).	PseuPseudo Colors.

To apply the changes you've made on the tab to your computer, click the button.  If you don't like the results, make changes or turn off that option and again.