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"
Ben Loftis
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