Thank you for giving Dark Chocolate a try. It has been produced for Kaleidoscope 1.5 and later, created by Gregory D. Landweber and Frederick J. Bass. If you don't have Kaleidoscope, it can be downloaded at The Kaleidoscope Schemes Homepage (http://www.kaleidoscope.net).
After installing Kaleidoscope in your Control Panels folder, simply drop Dark Chocolate in the Kaleidoscope Color Schemes folder and put that in your Extensions folder. Then open the Kaleidoscope control panel and select Dark Chocolate . To install the two desktop patterns, open your Desktop Patterns control panel and drop the patterns on the open window. I particularly recommend Desktop 1; when the menu bar menus drop down with it on the desktop, you get a nice tranparency illusion -- if you can stand all those candy bars staring you in the face! Dark Chocolate ,w/ Nuts includes a full set of custom icons, which will appear when you restsrt your Mac.
Please note that Dark Chocolate , though it should be functional at all color depths, will look best on computers capable of 1000s of colors.
Dark Chocolate is opinionware; if you have strong feelings about it, send them along via E-mail. As a dedicated Mac-type, I am committed to the pursuit of quality in all things, so let me know what you think -- I can't improve if I don't know what I'm doing wrong!
Too many words about aesthetics: Many of the color schemes you have probably seen provide a cool, understated, elegant visual environment, an environment which, if not altogether neutral, at least retires quietly to the background. It is easy to understand the appeal of this type of color scheme. Sometimes I pop Scot Lewis'Ephemerol on the turntable and float gently down the stream myself. But much of the time, as I perform the mundane tasks of everyday life at the computer, I enjoy a more robust give and take, a play of rich hues and color contrasts and an eye-pleasing detail or two.
Most of my color schemes were conceived as evocations of emotional states, usually triggered by memories of places I have been, certain times of day, or climatic conditions. Perhaps you consider Dark Chocolate an exception to this rule, however, you can take my word for it: chocolate is an emotional state as far as I'm concerned. The color scheme isn't as tasty as the real thing, but then, it's not as calorific, either! So give Dark Chocolate a nibble; if you like it, use it, enjoy it. If not, as always, you know where the Trash Can is.
The Small Print: All artwork in this color scheme is copyrighted. Please do not use it for any purpose, without my prior approval. It may be freely distributed as long as it is not altered and this docu mentation accompanies it.
