Papirus-icon-theme: Folder icon as yellow

[meetdilip]

With some themes, folder icons, which is blue in colour, lacks match in contrast. Just wondering if we could have folder icons in Yellow. Please consider.

[SmartFinn]

https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme#folders-color

and here https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/issues/337

[meetdilip]

I did read about Folder Colour. But, when I visited the link, it took me a website where the installer talks about 15.04. Most of us are on 16.04, right ? Does this solution work with it ? Thanks.

[SmartFinn]

@meetdilip yes, Folder Color is available in Ubuntu repos.

sudo apt install folder-color

[meetdilip]

@SmartFinn I tried that command, and installed _Folder Color_. But nothing on Dash after reboot for _Folder Color_. What to do ? :(

[SmartFinn]

@meetdilip It's Nautilus extension, just open context menu on any folder.

[meetdilip]

Thanks @SmartFinn . Any chance I can have #ffe680ff as folder colour. The current yellow is a bit harsh on eyes.

[SmartFinn]

@meetdilip you can replace the color using find + sed:

YELLOW="#ffe680"
YELLOW_DARK="#f7dc6e"

find /usr/share/icons/Papirus/ -type f -name '*-yellow.svg' -exec sudo sed -i -e "s/#f5ce46/${YELLOW}/gI" -e "s/#e5b732/${YELLOW_DARK}/gI" {} \;

to restore just reinstall Papirus.

[meetdilip]

@SmartFinn , I just ran the command. Nothing happened. :(

[SmartFinn]

@meetdilip oops, sorry, command fixed.

Don't forget to choose yellow via Folder Color. If you already have a yellow folder, choose gray and return to yellow after executing the command.

[meetdilip]

@SmartFinn Now folders turn black when I choose Yellow :(

What to do ?

PS : I ran the given command on terminal

[SmartFinn]

@meetdilip reinstall Papirus and paste & execute the command line by line.

[meetdilip]

@SmartFinn I use PPA. How can I reinstall Papirus ?

[SmartFinn]

@meetdilip

sudo apt install --reinstall papirus-icon-theme

[meetdilip]

@SmartFinn I used those commands in succession. Still, I get black coloured folder when I choose Yellow :(

[SmartFinn]

@meetdilip

choose gray and return to yellow after executing the command

[meetdilip]

I chose a different colour. It was cyan. Thought that would do. Will try " grey " this time.