I cannot reproduce this on the latest version of Ubuntu (15.10). Using a mostly black wallpaper and Unity changes its colour to a dark blue/black that looks just fine.
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug. We have tried to recreate this on the latest release of Ubuntu and cannot reproduce it. This bug is being marked as Invalid. If you believe the problem to still exist in the latest version of Ubuntu please comment on why that is the case and change the bug status to NEW. ** Changed in: unity Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/967039 Title: Automatic launcher color is ugly - contrasts with the wallpaper too much Status in Ayatana Design: New Status in Unity: Invalid Status in unity package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: After i logged into Unity I experienced a really disturbing recolor of the Launcher and the Dash. I currently have a very dark Wallpaper on my Desktop and the color that Unity chooses for the Launcher and Dash does not seem to look right. reproduce this with: 1) choose a rather dark wallpaper 2) open some programms with bright background like nautilus or libreoffice to get a better effect on the dash 3) open the dash It doesnt work with all dark wallpapers i The color in the launcher is permanent and it feels like its coloring parts that were not supposed to be colored solid. It looks much like https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/824886 but I submitted a new one because the old bug was allready fixed in 2011. It looks great on most wallpapers but really weird on mine. So I think to solve this issue the effect should be made optional and be added to the system settings if it is not a bug. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity.support.test.0: ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Wed Mar 28 13:11:32 2012 DistUpgraded: 2012-03-14 16:18:51,803 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation G92 [GeForce 9800 GTX] [10de:0612] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7395 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=de:en TERM=xterm LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-20-generic root=UUID=56d23492-5b0c-4d10-9428-c7f00aa1231f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-14 (13 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 11/06/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V1.4 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-7395 dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD dmi.board.version: 1.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD dmi.chassis.version: 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.4:bd11/06/2008:svnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7395:pvr1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-7395:rvr1.0:cvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:ct3:cvr1.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7395 dmi.product.version: 1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.2-0ubuntu4 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu35 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/967039/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp