Colours for Gotham 13.1 and T! 6.0.7
#1
Hello
I decided to modify the Colour scheme but contrary to my previous colours, I decided, for clarity, to keep ronie's white to grey palette and to modify only the blues.
All you have to do is got to XBMC/addons/skin.transparency/colors, duplicate the "defaults.xml" file and rename it to the colour you want.
Here are 4 different sets and keep in mind the the effect of the font colour varies greatly depending on the background colour
Select all the code and replace it by one of these or all of these in separate files.
NewRED
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colors>
    <color name="white">FFFFFFFF</color>
    <color name="black">FF000000</color>
    <color name="verylightgrey">FFC8C8C8</color>
    <color name="lightgrey">FF999999</color>
    <color name="grey">FF787878</color>
    <color name="darkgrey">FF505050</color>
<!-- Original BLUES from ronie
    <color name="lightblue">FF99D8FF</color>
    <color name="blue">FF4DBAFF</color>
    <color name="darkblue">FF009CFF</color>
    <color name="verydarkblue">FF003B53</color>
-->
<!-- New RED from jpf55 -->
    <color name="lightblue">FFFF6666</color> <!-- LIGHT RED -->
    <color name="blue">FFFF3333</color> <!-- RED -->
    <color name="darkblue">FFFF0000</color> <!-- DARK RED -->
    <color name="verydarkblue">FFE60000</color> <!-- VERY DARK RED -->
<!--from jpf55 -->
    <color name="red">FFFF3F3F</color>
    <color name="rss_headline">FF4DBAFF</color>
</colors>
or NewYELLOW
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colors>
    <color name="white">FFFFFFFF</color>
    <color name="black">FF000000</color>
    <color name="verylightgrey">FFC8C8C8</color>
    <color name="lightgrey">FF999999</color>
    <color name="grey">FF787878</color>
    <color name="darkgrey">FF505050</color>
<!-- Original BLUES from ronie
    <color name="lightblue">FF99D8FF</color>
    <color name="blue">FF4DBAFF</color>
    <color name="darkblue">FF009CFF</color>
    <color name="verydarkblue">FF003B53</color>
-->
<!-- New YELLOW from jpf55 -->
    <color name="lightblue">FFFFFF4D</color> <!-- LIGHT YELLOW -->
    <color name="blue">FFFFFF00</color> <!-- YELLOW -->
    <color name="darkblue">FFE6E600</color> <!-- DARK YELLOW -->
    <color name="verydarkblue">FFCCCC00</color> <!-- VERY DARK YELLOW -->
<!--from jpf55 -->
    <color name="red">FFFF3F3F</color>
    <color name="rss_headline">FF4DBAFF</color>
</colors>
or NewORANGE
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colors>
    <color name="white">FFFFFFFF</color>
    <color name="black">FF000000</color>
    <color name="verylightgrey">FFC8C8C8</color>
    <color name="lightgrey">FF999999</color>
    <color name="grey">FF787878</color>
    <color name="darkgrey">FF505050</color>
<!-- Original BLUES from ronie
    <color name="lightblue">FF99D8FF</color>
    <color name="blue">FF4DBAFF</color>
    <color name="darkblue">FF009CFF</color>
    <color name="verydarkblue">FF003B53</color>
-->
<!-- New BLUES from jpf55 which in this case are now ORANGE-->
    <color name="lightblue">FFFFAD33</color> <!-- LIGHT ORANGE -->
    <color name="blue">FFFFA319</color> <!-- ORANGE -->
    <color name="darkblue">FFFF9900</color> <!-- DARK ORANGE -->
    <color name="verydarkblue">FFE68A00</color> <!-- VERY DARK ORANGE -->
<!--from jpf55 -->
    <color name="red">FFFF3F3F</color>
    <color name="rss_headline">FF4DBAFF</color>
</colors>
or NewGREEN
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colors>
    <color name="white">FFFFFFFF</color>
    <color name="black">FF000000</color>
    <color name="verylightgrey">FFC8C8C8</color>
    <color name="lightgrey">FF999999</color>
    <color name="grey">FF787878</color>
    <color name="darkgrey">FF505050</color>
<!-- Original BLUES from ronie
    <color name="lightblue">FF99D8FF</color>
    <color name="blue">FF4DBAFF</color>
    <color name="darkblue">FF009CFF</color>
    <color name="verydarkblue">FF003B53</color>
-->
<!-- New GREEN from jpf55 -->
    <color name="lightblue">FF00FF00</color> <!-- LIGHT GREEN -->
    <color name="blue">FF00E600</color> <!-- GREEN -->
    <color name="darkblue">FF00CC00</color> <!-- DARK GREEN -->
    <color name="verydarkblue">FF00B200</color> <!-- VERY DARK GREEN -->
<!--from jpf55 -->
    <color name="red">FFFF3F3F</color>
    <color name="rss_headline">FF4DBAFF</color>
</colors>
NewGREY
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<colors>
    <color name="white">FFFFFFFF</color>
    <color name="black">FF000000</color>
    <color name="verylightgrey">FFC8C8C8</color>
    <color name="lightgrey">FF999999</color>
    <color name="grey">FF787878</color>
    <color name="darkgrey">FF505050</color>
<!-- Original BLUES from ronie
    <color name="lightblue">FF99D8FF</color>
    <color name="blue">FF4DBAFF</color>
    <color name="darkblue">FF009CFF</color>
    <color name="verydarkblue">FF003B53</color>
-->
<!-- New GREY from jpf55 -->
    <color name="lightblue">FFE6E6E6</color> <!-- LIGHT GREY -->
    <color name="blue">FFB2B2B2</color> <!-- GREY -->
    <color name="darkblue">FF808080</color> <!-- DARK GREY -->
    <color name="verydarkblue">FF4C4C4C</color> <!-- VERY DARK GREY -->
<!--from jpf55 -->
    <color name="red">FFFF3F3F</color>
    <color name="rss_headline">FF4DBAFF</color>
</colors>

To actually modify the colours go to Settings - Appearance - Skin - Color (everytime you hit return T! will reset itself and also note that you won't see any change until you go back to the Home screen)

MacMini 2.3gHz i7, OS X 10.13.6
Running Kodi 18.9
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#2
Neat.

I've been using the old Grey colour theme from the Dharma days. It appears to work fine, but seeing this post makes me wonder if anything's missing in it...

If anyone is interested in it: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=86741 I made a new link for downlaod, at the last post.

Or, grab it right here. Instructions included: http://www.mediafire.com/download/karhn9...+theme.zip
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#3
Green seems to be easier for me to see on my set-up, thanks for sharing this. Looking at the folder with just a default.xml single file, gives pause to wonder if this could be another select-able skin option?
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#4
I just added the NewGREY colour

It seems to work better than the original, specifically in Movie sets, now you can tell that a movie is part of a given set

MacMini 2.3gHz i7, OS X 10.13.6
Running Kodi 18.9
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#5
Cool beans.
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