[Bug 37494] Orange is nice, but icons are alarmingly BRIGHT

[Eric Feliksik]

Public bug reported:

Affects: ubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
The orange theme is happy, and has really improved in the last weeks.
Nice.

The icons, however, are just *screaming* at me. They feel like hurry-up
traffic-lights! Especially the ones with a special label, like your
homefolder, an ssh-share, etcetera. The orange tone is just very hard.
This also goes for progress-bars, which should be informing, not
alarming.

The selection tone, on the other hand, is subtle (and is allowed to draw
more attention).  The metacity-top is not distracting, nice.

This is also mentioned in other bugs (although that's not what they're mainly about):
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-artwork/+bug/34796
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-artwork/+bug/34400/

I suggest making the orange a bit gentler, especially the bottom part of
the folder icons. For example, make it more like the savedSearch icon in
the screenshot below.

Also, the label for ssh-shares and ftp-shares doesn't match the label
for ogg-stuff etcetera. It could be just as well a label in another
color, to make the icons match the others, and still *subtly* stand out.

** Attachment added: "this explains it pretty well"
   http://librarian.launchpad.net/1902725/orange-icons.png
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Orange is nice, but icons are alarmingly BRIGHT
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/37494