Actually I'm not an author of this theme. I've decided to try... if there is no objection. Added comments to < Color > section.
I use this picture as a reference:
In the original file there was an excess line (176) - deleted in new version:
176 <ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="theme:bg"/>
177 <ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="widget:bg"/>
a screenshot:
Corrected colors closer to a5.12 version (compared with existing a6 theme). Added comments to < Color > section.
In the original file there was an excess line (177) - deleted in new version:
177 <ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="theme:bg"/>
178<ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="widget:bg"/>
video:
https://vimeo.com/419410940
++more contrasting&bright (compared with existing theme). Added comments to < Color > section.
In the original file there was an excess line (177) - deleted in new version:
177 <ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="theme:bg"/>
178<ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="widget:bg"/>
video:
https://vimeo.com/419249079
++more contrasting&bright (compared with existing theme). Added comments to < Color > section.
In the original file there was an excess line (177) - deleted in new version:
177 <ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="theme:bg"/>
178 <ColorAlias name="lua action button: fill" alias="widget:bg"/>
2min video:
https://vimeo.com/416959800
Colors are assigned one of 6 major groups:
*Alert colors: Typically mute/solo/feedback/selections etc ... these should follow Ardour convention, only the saturation should change with themes.
*BG colors (empty spaces...)
*Contrast colors: Should contrast nicely against BG. Typically clocks, markers, panners and such.
*Black/White/Grays: you can expect these to work with "any" BG. Good for borders, separators, etc.
*Meter colors: Typically green->yellow->red or similar. Should follow Ardour conventions.
*Widget colors: slight variations of the BG color. This is where the creative choices are made.
NOTE to theme-ers: Widgets should choose one of the colors based on FUNCTION. If you want a red widget, choose "widget red", not "alert red" or "meter color9"
