I’ve designed a theme for the Openbox window manager based on the principle of simplicity and clarity.

I designed the theme because, shortly after my transition to Openbox, I was unable to find a dark theme that was (very) simple, had corners, and didn’t change the colors between active and inactive windows drastically. So I set out to design my own. I originally started by modifying the standard “Syscrash” theme included by default in Openbox, but over time it became unrecognizable and I’ve seen fit to publish it. My theme still uses the four icons from Syscrash, however; I’m no graphics artist.

I call my theme simple because it uses only three colors and has corners. I call it elegant because it blends the colors in simple, consistent, and distinct ways. Its easy on the eyes, but its smooth and the colors distinctly mark their functions. Simple, yet elegant.

There are two variations of the theme, differentiated primarily by their primary color. Both have a grey secondary color with blue accenting. Both have their primary hosting on box-look.org.

• The Black version can be found here.
• The Dark Grey version can be found here.