since i started this i think i should explain myself. it was not my intention to ignite the brown vs non-brown argument. i was saying that for me as an unexperienced user it would have been nice back then if human had had the ability to change the "highlight" colors, because i would have liked the modern ubuntulooks look in another color (human being the only theme using ubuntulooks), but did not know how to install themes, like most users won't.
what i am suggesting is something like a theme with BROWN selection colors that can be changed in the appearance properties. and about using strong colors in general (as gtk:bg or gtk:base) i think we should be careful, that can look complicated if applications use colors to display the content (eg system monitor, or simply thumbnails in nautilus): let the content shine in colors, not the gui -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
