If I am not mistaken, it should be possible to use the outline shape while not requiring 100% black color for every path in the SVG icon. As I see it, a proper icon has to have a distinctive outline anyway.
Karl Dubost <k...@la-grange.net> writes: > Nils, > > Le 16 juin 2015 à 10:03, Nils Dagsson Moskopp <n...@dieweltistgarnichtso.net> > a écrit : >> Edward O'Connor <eocon...@apple.com> writes: >>> These images can be tinted to better fit in with the site's theme. >> >> Please tell me where the requirement for SVG favicons with 100% black >> paths comes from. I do not understand why an SVG favicon cannot have >> proper SVG colors so there are no interoperability issues with it. > > Ed, maybe, replied already I believed in the sentence above. > The mask icon is giving just a shape. So that the chosen theme of the phone > can customized the color to its own choice. Be imposed by the brand of the > operator, or I guess someone hacking its theme to have its own. > > see for example > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9711481/icon-color-on-different-themes > I guess things like "Android theme", "icon sets", etc. would give some > answers. > https://dribbble.com/search?q=+icon+sets+monochrome > > It's a way for a site to provide a generic shaped icon but that will adjust > its colors depending on the theme. > > > > -- > Karl Dubost 🐄 > http://www.la-grange.net/karl/ > -- Nils Dagsson Moskopp // erlehmann <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
