https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485317
Bug ID: 485317
Summary: Huge Overuse of Blue in KDE, Breaks Color Coded
Recognition of KDE Elements.
Classification: Plasma
Product: Breeze
Version: 6.0.3
Platform: Arch Linux
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Color scheme
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 168336
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=168336&action=edit
KDE overuse of blue blends everything making all hard to regognize
Step one: open attatchment, then continue reading.
SUMMARY
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According to American Academy of Ophthalmology humans can distinguish up to
10.000.000 colors. KDE uses one- Blue:
All Application - Blue
Development - Blue
Graphics - Blue
Internet - Blue
Multimedia - Blue
Office - Blue
Pager/Desktop Switcher - Blue
Folder Icons - Blue
Highlight Color - Blue
Calligra Stage - Blue
digiKam - Blue
Discover - Blue
Dolphin - Blue
Info Center - Blue
Kate - Blue
KDE Itinerary - Blue
KFind - Blue
KMail - Blue
Kmail Header Theme Editor - Blue
Konqueror - Blue
KTNef - Blue
KTorrent - Blue
SieveEditor - Blue
...
Pager/Desktop Switcher - Blue
Dolphin inside (incl. info elements at the bottom info panel) - Blue
Konqueror inside - Blue
The first (an many others) wallpaper (Altai, Elarun, Ice Cold, Flyig Konqui,
Cascade, Darkest Hour...) - Blue
Highlighting/Accent Colors - Blue
...
Add some external ones (Librewolf, LibreOffice Writer, SMPlayer, Chromium) and
all is exclusively blue.
This huge overuse of blue, throughout the whole KDE, blends everything together
and makes individual items hard to recognize. And blue LCD light is bad for
your eyes too (...).
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open attached screenshot (a picture is worth a thousand words), where there
are only KDE elements shown (no external apps);
2. Find an individual item by remembering its color, just like you would,
subconsciously, without thinking, do with Firefox (bright orange).
OBSERVED RESULT
All items are blended together and very hard to distinguish from one another.
EXPECTED RESULT
Remove all mono-color (blue) elements in KDE and color code menus and elements
to be quickly (one glance, no thinking, no reading) recognizable and findable.
Examples how it could be fixed:
Multimedia (App Lanucher menu) and multimedia software from KDE Gears (e.g
Elisa) - Green
Graphics (App Lanucher menu) and graphics software from KDE Gears (e.g.
Gwenview)- Red
Internet (App Lanucher menu) and internet software from KDE Gears (e.g.
Konqueror) - Orange
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.3
Graphics Platform: X11/Wayland
Graphics GPU: Intel HD
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