Dark Background GTK Themes

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GTK Themes

how to install
my choice
mild light background gtk themes
good dark background gtk themes
thumbnail looks promising

GTK Themes

how to install

http://art.gnome.org/faq.php

To manually install a theme, open a terminal, change directory into ~/.themes and unpack the theme (under ~/.themes).

my choice

For light-on-dark, my top picks are

gm-looks By elgraz (3.0 kb)
marble-ice By floe (1.4 kb)
BlueHeart By JP (94.2 kb)

For dark-on-light, my top pick is

Clearlooks9x By netdur (1.3 kb)

mild light background gtk themes

Clearlooks9x By netdur (1.3 kb)
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/1146
It's pretty much redmond colors shema with clearlook engine, I made it
because I wanted something beautifull as clearlooks with easy colors for my
eyes.

Yattacier2 By Archive (95.7 kb)
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/475

good dark background gtk themes

gm-looks By elgraz (3.0 kb)
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/1163
A red variation of marble-looks.

marble-ice By floe (1.4 kb)
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/1323
a Frankenstein-style creation from marble-look and Black Marble

BlueHeart By JP (94.2 kb)
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/1125
BlueHeart is a port to GTK2 of the original famous BlueHeart theme by
Claudiu Christian Fofiu.

Polycarbonate-Dark By emrahunal (33.0 kb)
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/1271
the dark version of polycarbonate gtk theme, for people who prefer dark.

Cillop By emrahunal (31.9 kb)
http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2/1316

Default "blueish" color variant for cillop gtk theme. Required pixmap and clearlooks engines.