Thank you for giving Emerald Fire a try. It has been produced for the Kaleidoscope control panel, created by Gregory D. Landweber and Frederick J. Bass. If you don't have Kaleidoscope, it can be downloaded from Greg's own site at http://www.kaleidoscope.net, any Info-Mac mirror site, or any of a number of sites dedicated to the creation of third-party Kaleidoscope Color Schemes. You can find virtually every color scheme ever made, including all of mine, at The Kaleidoscope Schemes Archive (Eric Reid, Webmaster; http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes.
After installing Kaleidoscope in your Control Panel folder, simply drop Emerald Fire in the Kaleidoscope Color Schemes folder and put that in your Extensions folder. Then open the Kaleidoscope control panel and select Emerald Fire. The Emerald Fire package also includes a folder of desktop patterns. To use these patterns, simply open your Desktop Patterns Control Panel, and drop the Emerald Fire patterns on the open window and select the one you want.
Please note that Emerald Fire , though it should be functional at all color depths, will look best on computers capable of 1000s of colors.
Emerald Fire is opinionware; if you have strong feelings about it, please 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 create 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 and utility of this type of color scheme. Sometimes I pop Scot Lewis'Ephemerol on the turntable and float gently down the stream myself. But most 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. Emerald Fire is the one exception -- so far -- to this rule. It reflects my lifelong predilection for the green/red color combination, apreference shared by the 19th Century Romantic painters, notably Eugene Delacroix. So take a look at Emerald Fire ; 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.
