Related discussion #20532 (comment)
@glassez @Chocobo1 @xavier2k6 @thalieht Anyone against making the icon orange?

Just manually change the "stopped" icon with the orange one if you want.
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/icons/torrent-stop.svg

Or you can change the top "torrent-stop" icon to gray.
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/icons/stopped.svg

Or you can change the top "torrent-stop" icon to gray.
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/icons/stopped.svg

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Just manually change the "stopped" icon with the orange one if you want. https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/blob/master/src/icons/torrent-stop.svg

I'd love to do that but where do I place this icon? There's no folder with the qBit icons.

Related discussion #20532 (comment)
@glassez @Chocobo1 @xavier2k6 @thalieht Anyone against making the icon orange?

I don't care. The main thing is that it should not be gray in the toolbox and context menu, where it may look confusing (like a disabled/unavailable item).

Changing that icon to orange will then not match the corresponding text color in transfer list & there's already issues there......

I would change not only the icon, but also the text.

I would change not only the icon, but also the text.

If you do this, you will get people complaining about their torrent list being full of orange text since a lot of people keep torrents in their stopped state.

The list should be mostly black text and the color should only change when something is happening to a torrent like:

red = error
orange = stalled
green = uploading data to peers
blue = downloading data from peers

#21448 is my outline of how the text colors should be and I think many people agree with it.

I propose treating the grey-icon as an intended differentiation. Aka non a bug.

I propose treating the grey-icon as an intended differentiation. Aka non a bug.

I think the stop icon should be more recognizable as a stop icon, yet simple, like this.

Ok. Does anyone have any suggestions for a uniform color for the stop icon?

I wonder if there is a good choice, even the creator of current icons said in hindsight that it would be best with 2 icon sets since it's hard to make it work for both light and dark mode.

Ok. Does anyone have any suggestions for a uniform color for the stop icon?

If we want to keep it simple, it should be a simple red square or....a simple red octagon like so

Red is reserved for critical errors, it's definitely not appropriate here.

LOL I just wanted my square to be orange, now I've got it and I'm happy. I'd rather the devs spent their time on more critical issues than this.

I'm fine with the orange square if the devs are ok with it. I just thought making the text orange as well was going too far.

Red is reserved for critical errors, it's definitely not appropriate here.

How about a simple black circle with a white square inside it?

LOL I just wanted my square to be orange, now I've got it and I'm happy. I'd rather the devs spent their time on more critical issues than this.

I'm fine with the orange square if the devs are ok with it. I just thought making the text orange as well was going too far.

Text color should only change when a torrent is actively moving data or must be looked at.

I agree with you on that. I was half-joking anyway (although it's true that ressources are limited and should be focused on more important issues).

I am inclined to close this as wontfix.
Why?
I just realized that in v5.0.x users can changed both colors and icons of the GUI.
Just go to Tools->Options...->Behavior->Customize UI Theme... and theme the app any way you see fit for your tastes.

I just realized that in v5.0.x users can changed both colors and icons of the GUI. Just go to Tools->Options...->Behavior->Customize UI Theme... and theme the app any way you see fit for your tastes.

The op didn't realize this either. When users have the option to change all icons and colors as they like, it's a waste of time to argue what the default ones should be at this point.

It would be nice if changing icons and colors would be applied on the fly, without reopening the program.

Just go to Tools->Options...->Behavior->Customize UI Theme... and theme the app any way you see fit for your tastes.

I agree this is a solution, but we also do need to come up with better default colors and icons so we don't have so many people have to switch things around every time they install qBittorrent. We should still pursue a "2.0 version" of the light and dark themes.

@sledgehammer999 Why can't we make it a single color by default? Okay, gray isn't suitable. Why can't it be orange? I'm not suggesting this color particularly, but we can make the default icon (+text) a single color. And then users can change it to whatever they want.

Why can't we make it a single color by default?

Do you mean same color for all states? Well, no. Traditionally we use different colors per state and switching to monochromatic would be a huge downgrade in UX.

Do you mean same color for all states?

For a stop state!

Why can't we make it a single color by default? Okay, gray isn't suitable. Why can't it be orange? I'm not suggesting this color particularly, but we can make the default icon (+text) a single color. And then users can change it to whatever they want.

Nobody can agree on another color and people don't seem to like black/grey icons. We need to wait for somebody to fix all the icons on both dark and light themes so they all match well together and the community approves of it.