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The point of icons is to recognize them. These icons are insanely similar to each other, which is in direct opposition to that original goal.

A similar disaster were the new gimp tool icons:

https://www.gimp.org/release-notes/images/2.10-icon-themes.p...

They actually brought the old ones back as an option.

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I may be in the minority, but I prefer the monochrome icons. I've always found the old set distracting. That might be due to my mix of SPD symptoms and ADHD.

I definitely think it should be an option though for people that find the colored icons easier to find when searching.

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