Changing Skin Colors Problem

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Had a post on my Trance skin where a user said that when trying to change the color to red, it came out more as pink.  So I just checked several skins, not all mine, and the recoloring area is not working correctly, color selections are not looking correct at all, the colors are way off no matter what you do. I never use recoloring personally so I did not know about this until now. The only thing I can think of is that Microsoft made some changes in Windows 10 20H2, or recent updates, that screwed things up. Anyone else on 20H2 noticing this? :-(

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

Support Desk is Closed for the Holidays till Jan.4th 2021

so there will be delays in some responses ...

 

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This has been a problem even before 20H2. I recolor a lot and this issue has always been there.

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Recolouring works on hue shifting.  In the case of trance if you hue shift the blue bits on the left border you will never get solid red, only a pink.

Things are working as designed.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

But this happens on a lot of skins Neil, on some you select a color and nothing changes, especially if you select red. You have to uncheck 'Use smart recoloring' to get any color to work on many, many skins.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 4

You have to uncheck 'Use smart recoloring' to get any color to work on many, many skins.
End of LightStar's quote

You can also leave "Use smart recoloring" enabled, go over to the right, uncheck "Automatic" underneath "Range of colors to apply to", then scoot that slider to the right a little.  Gives a different result, less of a blanket effect.

A good skin to watch that on is your Vintage G.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

To interject a little more, Some do recolor better than others. I believe some in the factors of skin itself. Solid colors recolor well whereas gradients not so much. Gradients kinda use the color in multiply mode on color selections in PhotoShop.