[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26220: Twenty Fourteen: Light accent color makes search icon almost invisible

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#26220: Twenty Fourteen: Light accent color makes search icon almost invisible
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 Reporter:  thomasguillot  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 We also have to contend with the desire for theme simplification, which
 could mean pre-defined colors. There are a few fundamental issues with
 pre-set color schemes:
 - We set up the expectation that they change more than just the accent
 color. To do it well we would need to design more comprehensive
 alternates, changing the sidebar/header color, for example (like
 WordPress.com custom colors, but without all of the options). That would
 be better than just accent color, but we might actually make things more
 complex. We'd definitely have more files.
 - As rachelbaker said, what colors would we choose? We could create some
 schemes that are similar to some of the color schemes that were in MP6, or
 come up with something new. But fundamentally, the interaction for
 changing it would need to be visual, not text-based, so we'd need to
 implement something like (maybe borrowing from) the new admin colorscheme
 picker.
 - There would inherently be both more options and less flexibility
 (depending on how far we go with tweaking other things besides accent
 color). Each choice is another option to read through, and we won't have
 the ability for people to get "just the right shade". In other words, I
 think a colorpicker is a far more appropriate interaction for a single-
 color option (generated variants don't count), but if it's more of a
 colorscheme, then a visual dropdown is necessary.

 So it might actually be more complicated to do this than the single accent
 color colorpicker, though it would both increase and decrease
 customization potential (truly custom but only by the accent color, versus
 much different from the original look but still using a preset template).

 If we end up deciding that we do need to remove accent colors for code
 simplicity, I think I'd rather see this type of functionality moved to a
 more comprehensive plugin than changed to a colorscheme dropdown.

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