GNOME Clearlooks

GNOME Clearlooks / 2005–2011 / Style / Platform Screen Languages

GNOME 2.12's standard theme made GTK applications friendly and simple through pale-gray windows, blue selection, restrained gloss and firm boundaries.

Pale-gray surfaces with blue selection bars / A quiet highlight only along button tops / Tabs and fields with restrained rounding / Small GNOME icons and a concise two-level hierarchy

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Best used for: Aligning document, file and settings applications into one calm GTK environment · Recreating a 2000s Linux desktop without loud brand color
Type: Use a small system sans and create hierarchy through label weight rather than added decoration.
Composition: Stack menu, toolbar, work area and status bar shallowly, without ornamental regions.
Material: Use one blue selection color over pale gray, a slight top highlight and one fine dark outer edge.
Caution: Old GTK widgets alone are not Clearlooks. State and hierarchy must be unified as a simple, friendly default surface.
Further study: GNOME 2.12 Clearlooks / GTK 2 theme engines / GNOME Human Interface Guidelines

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