ChromaLeon

Adapt the system's colors like a chameleon

Change your GNOME Shell, Adwaita, adw-gtk3, and app/folder icons accent colors dynamically based on your wallpaper.

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Base Style	Dark Mode Example	Light Mode Example
Tinted
Standard
Folders and Apps

Features

• Dynamic Extraction: Automatically extracts accent colors from your current wallpaper.
• Unified Theme: Applies accent colors seamlessly across GNOME Shell and local GTK 3.0 / GTK 4.0 apps.
• Flatpak Support: Syncs color variables so your sandboxed Flatpak applications match the rest of the system.
• Tint: Tints all system elements with accent colors.
• Accent Colors in Folders : Applies the accent color to the folders.
• Accent Colors in Apps : Applies the accent color to some app icons.
• Wallpaper selector : Wallpaper selector for user wallpapers and Gnome dynamic wallpapers.
• Shortcut: Create a shortcut in the app grid to use this as an app.

Note: Special thanks to PakoVM for the code for the tinted style, which was based on his Tint My GNOME extension.

Translation

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Installation

The Easy Way

Install it directly from the official GNOME Extensions store with a single click:

Manual Installation

If you prefer to install it manually from source, run the following commands in your terminal:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Fabito02/ChromaLeon

# Move it to the extensions directory
mv ChromaLeon ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/user-accent-colors@fabito02

# Compile the GSettings schemas
glib-compile-schemas ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/user-accent-colors@fabito02/schemas/

# Enable the extension
gnome-extensions enable user-accent-colors@fabito02

Note: After enabling the extension for the first time, you need to restart the GNOME Shell to apply the core stylesheets.

• On X11: Press Alt + F2, type r, and hit Enter.
• On Wayland: Log out and log back into your session.

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