A while ago I recolored the icons of this theme to match the Manjaro colors, which got added into the repos as a patch, I believe. I suggest the maia icons are updated to more closely resemble the Adwaita style:
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
print_status() { :; }
print_error() { :; }
print_warning(){ :; }
# Find icon theme in common locations
find_icon_theme() {
local theme_name="$1"
local search_paths=(
"$HOME/.icons/$theme_name"
"$HOME/.local/share/icons/$theme_name"
"/usr/share/icons/$theme_name"
"/usr/local/share/icons/$theme_name"
)
for path in "${search_paths[@]}"; do
if [ -d "$path" ]; then
echo "$path"
return 0
fi
done
return 1
}
# Ensure hex color has leading #
validate_hex_color() {
local color="$1"
if [[ "$color" =~ ^#?[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}$ ]]; then
[[ "$color" =~ ^# ]] || color="#$color"
echo "$color"
return 0
fi
return 1
}
# Generate a darker color by applying ratio logic
generate_darker_color() {
local light_color="${1#\#}"
local dark_color="${2#\#}"
# Convert hex to decimal
local r_light=$((16#${light_color:0:2}))
local g_light=$((16#${light_color:2:2}))
local b_light=$((16#${light_color:4:2}))
local r_dark=$((16#${dark_color:0:2}))
local g_dark=$((16#${dark_color:2:2}))
local b_dark=$((16#${dark_color:4:2}))
# If any light component is zero, avoid division by zero by using a small value
[ "$r_light" -eq 0 ] && r_light=1
[ "$g_light" -eq 0 ] && g_light=1
[ "$b_light" -eq 0 ] && b_light=1
# Compute ratios and apply them
local r_ratio g_ratio b_ratio
r_ratio=$(awk "BEGIN{printf \"%.6f\", $r_dark / $r_light}")
g_ratio=$(awk "BEGIN{printf \"%.6f\", $g_dark / $g_light}")
b_ratio=$(awk "BEGIN{printf \"%.6f\", $b_dark / $b_light}")
local r_darker g_darker b_darker
r_darker=$(awk "BEGIN{printf \"%d\", ($r_dark * $r_ratio)}")
g_darker=$(awk "BEGIN{printf \"%d\", ($g_dark * $g_ratio)}")
b_darker=$(awk "BEGIN{printf \"%d\", ($b_dark * $b_ratio)}")
# Clamp
(( r_darker = (r_darker < 0 ? 0 : (r_darker > 255 ? 255 : r_darker)) ))
(( g_darker = (g_darker < 0 ? 0 : (g_darker > 255 ? 255 : g_darker)) ))
(( b_darker = (b_darker < 0 ? 0 : (b_darker > 255 ? 255 : b_darker)) ))
printf "#%02x%02x%02x\n" "$r_darker" "$g_darker" "$b_darker"
}
create_adwaita_custom() {
local NEW_LIGHT_COLOR NEW_DARK_COLOR DARKER_COLOR
NEW_LIGHT_COLOR="#b9e2da"
NEW_DARK_COLOR="#16a085"
# Validate (keeps format consistent)
NEW_LIGHT_COLOR=$(validate_hex_color "$NEW_LIGHT_COLOR") || return 1
NEW_DARK_COLOR=$(validate_hex_color "$NEW_DARK_COLOR") || return 1
# Locate source Adwaita-teal theme
local SOURCE_DIR
SOURCE_DIR=$(find_icon_theme "Adwaita-teal") || return 1
local TARGET_DIR="$HOME/.icons/Adwaita-custom"
# Compute derived darker color
DARKER_COLOR=$(generate_darker_color "$NEW_LIGHT_COLOR" "$NEW_DARK_COLOR")
# Remove existing target if present (clean start)
if [ -d "$TARGET_DIR" ]; then
rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR"
fi
# Copy theme
cp -r "$SOURCE_DIR" "$TARGET_DIR"
# Update index.theme: Name and Inherits
local INDEX_FILE="$TARGET_DIR/index.theme"
if [ -f "$INDEX_FILE" ]; then
sed -i 's/^Name=.*$/Name=Adwaita-custom/' "$INDEX_FILE"
# Replace or add an Inherits line with desired set
if grep -qi '^Inherits=' "$INDEX_FILE"; then
sed -i 's/^Inherits=.*$/Inherits=MoreWaita,Adwaita,AdwaitaLegacy,hicolor/' "$INDEX_FILE"
else
printf '\nInherits=MoreWaita,Adwaita,AdwaitaLegacy,hicolor\n' >> "$INDEX_FILE"
fi
fi
# Process SVG files in scalable directory (if present)
local scalable_dir="$TARGET_DIR/scalable"
if [ -d "$scalable_dir" ]; then
# Use find -print0 to safely handle filenames
while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
# replace a set of color tokens with chosen colors
sed -i "s/#129eb0/${NEW_DARK_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#2190a4/${NEW_DARK_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#108094/${NEW_DARK_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#1d8094/${NEW_DARK_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#40c1d9/${NEW_DARK_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#007184/${DARKER_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#9edae6/${NEW_LIGHT_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#7bdff4/${NEW_LIGHT_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
sed -i "s/#3da7bc/${NEW_LIGHT_COLOR}/gi" "$file" || true
done < <(find "$scalable_dir" -type f -name '*.svg' -print0)
fi
# Special handling for Nautilus icon (if exists)
local NAUTILUS_FILE="$TARGET_DIR/scalable/apps/org.gnome.Nautilus.svg"
if [ -f "$NAUTILUS_FILE" ]; then
sed -i "s/#08382e/${DARKER_COLOR}/gi" "$NAUTILUS_FILE" || true
sed -i "s/#0f6c59/${NEW_DARK_COLOR}/gi" "$NAUTILUS_FILE" || true
sed -i "s/#1c7a8c/${DARKER_COLOR}/gi" "$NAUTILUS_FILE" || true
sed -i "s/fill-opacity:0\.69749063/fill-opacity:0.5/gi" "$NAUTILUS_FILE" || true
sed -i "s/fill:#1c7a8c/fill:${DARKER_COLOR}/gi" "$NAUTILUS_FILE" || true
fi
return 0
}
# Ensure not run as root
if [ "${EUID:-$(id -u)}" -eq 0 ]; then
exit 1
fi
# Execute
create_adwaita_custom
exit 0
Thank you very much, I’m sorry, I should have tested it. Have you considered including Morewaita/Adwaita colors by default, since it’s a more neutral icon pack than Papirus, and new users don’t know it exists?
On that note, now there’s a companion extension for the Adwaita Colors icon theme called Adwaita Colors Home. I’ve just packaged it with Maia accent support as gnome-shell-extension-adwaita-colors-home. It’s only in the unstable branch for now.
