The color of the outline is a dark variant of the key color of the icon.
The stroke should not scale along with the icon, it should remain 1px. At low resolutions the stroke size is 1px. Object Outline : All Tango icons are stroked with a thin outline to improve contrast.Let's examine at the key visual aspects that define the style: There are many attributes of an icon that define it as part of Tango, including ones such as perspective and lighting (which are outlined below). Note the latest development version of GIMP and Inkscape 0.44 ship the Tango palette by default. GIMP Palette - also works in latest Inkscape (symlink ~/.gimp-2.2/palettes/ to ~/.inkscape/palettes/ and you'll have all of your GIMP palettes in Inkscape).
Starting from the base color and changing value, saturation or even hue slightly gives more consistent results than starting from arbitrary colors.įor your convenience, we prepared the palette for use in the following formats: Colors do not have to come exclusively from this set, as additional colors may be used. Shading with gradients, creating highlight and shadows by changing value, and minor changes of saturation are also allowed and endorsed. The common practice when drawing icons is to use the palette as a base, applying it on large areas. Most desktops allow for 24-bit RGB icons (+8-bit Alpha channel). The Tango color palette consists of 27 RGB colors, as shown on the image above. Visual style is heavily influenced by the colors used. Having a common color palette is required to have a consistent look across all icons. While this isn't about merging styles of all desktop systems, we do aim to not be drastically different on each platform.Īlong with a generic type fallback, having a similar style will help in the transition phase with some legacy icons which may still remain on a user's particular desktop. A user running a multiplatform application should not have the impression that the look is unpolished and inconsistent with what he or she is used to.
The Tango icon theme's goal is to make applications not seem alien on any desktop.
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