file icon change based on maguten color

[alamin147]

Feature Description

file icon change based on maguten color. bg changes but not the icon. that would look nice. DMS setting-> folders are looking good(based on matugen color). But on actual file manager no color icon. You can use papirus

Use Case

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Compositor(s)

Hyprland

If Other, please specify

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Proposed Solution

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Alternatives/Existing Solutions

I used this manual script to get the closet color matching my theme.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

Full path to papirus-folders in case PATH is missing in post_hook

PAPIRUS_FOLDERS="/usr/bin/papirus-folders"

Read hex from matugen output

hex=$(<"$HOME/.config/matugen/papirus-folders/folder-color.txt")
hex="${hex##}" # strip # if present

── Color map — many reference points per papirus color for better matching ──

declare -A colors=(

blacks / very dark

["black"]="#1a1a1a"

whites / very light

["white"]="#f5f5f5"

greys

["grey"]="#9e9e9e"
["bluegrey"]="#78909c"

reds

["red"]="#f44336"
["red2"]="#e53935"
["red3"]="#c62828"
["red4"]="#ff1744"
["red5"]="#b71c1c"

deep orange / orange-red

["deeporange"]="#ff5722"
["deeporange2"]="#f4511e"
["deeporange3"]="#bf360c"
["deeporange4"]="#ff6e40"

orange

["orange"]="#ff9800"
["orange2"]="#fb8c00"
["orange3"]="#ef6c00"
["orange4"]="#ff6d00"

pale orange / amber

["paleorange"]="#ffb74d"
["paleorange2"]="#ffa726"
["paleorange3"]="#ffcc02"
["paleorange4"]="#ffd54f"

yellow

["yellow"]="#ffeb3b"
["yellow2"]="#fdd835"
["yellow3"]="#f9a825"
["yellow4"]="#ffee58"

green

["green"]="#4caf50"
["green2"]="#43a047"
["green3"]="#2e7d32"
["green4"]="#00e676"
["green5"]="#1b5e20"

teal

["teal"]="#009688"
["teal2"]="#00897b"
["teal3"]="#004d40"
["teal4"]="#1de9b6"

cyan

["cyan"]="#00bcd4"
["cyan2"]="#00acc1"
["cyan3"]="#006064"
["cyan4"]="#18ffff"

blue

["blue"]="#1a73e8"
["blue2"]="#1e88e5"
["blue3"]="#1565c0"
["blue4"]="#2979ff"
["blue5"]="#0d47a1"

breeze / light blue

["breeze"]="#4d8ecb"
["breeze2"]="#29b6f6"
["breeze3"]="#039be5"
["breeze4"]="#0288d1"

nordic / muted blue

["nordic"]="#5e81ac"
["nordic2"]="#4c72a0"
["nordic3"]="#3b5998"

indigo / deep blue-purple

["indigo"]="#3f51b5"
["indigo2"]="#3949ab"
["indigo3"]="#1a237e"
["indigo4"]="#536dfe"

violet / purple

["violet"]="#9c27b0"
["violet2"]="#8e24aa"
["violet3"]="#4a148c"
["violet4"]="#aa00ff"
["violet5"]="#7b1fa2"

magenta / pink-purple

["magenta"]="#e91e63"
["magenta2"]="#d81b60"
["magenta3"]="#880e4f"
["magenta4"]="#f50057"

pink

["pink"]="#f48fb1"
["pink2"]="#f06292"
["pink3"]="#ec407a"
["pink4"]="#e91e63"

brown

["brown"]="#795548"
["brown2"]="#6d4c41"
["brown3"]="#4e342e"
["brown4"]="#a1887f"

pale brown

["palebrown"]="#a1887f"
["palebrown2"]="#bcaaa4"
["palebrown3"]="#d7ccc8"
)

── Map variant names back to real papirus color names ──

declare -A color_name_map=(
["black"]="black"
["white"]="white"
["grey"]="grey"
["bluegrey"]="bluegrey"
["red"]="red" ["red2"]="red" ["red3"]="red" ["red4"]="red" ["red5"]="red"
["deeporange"]="deeporange" ["deeporange2"]="deeporange" ["deeporange3"]="deeporange" ["deeporange4"]="deeporange"
["orange"]="orange" ["orange2"]="orange" ["orange3"]="orange" ["orange4"]="orange"
["paleorange"]="paleorange" ["paleorange2"]="paleorange" ["paleorange3"]="paleorange" ["paleorange4"]="paleorange"
["yellow"]="yellow" ["yellow2"]="yellow" ["yellow3"]="yellow" ["yellow4"]="yellow"
["green"]="green" ["green2"]="green" ["green3"]="green" ["green4"]="green" ["green5"]="green"
["teal"]="teal" ["teal2"]="teal" ["teal3"]="teal" ["teal4"]="teal"
["cyan"]="cyan" ["cyan2"]="cyan" ["cyan3"]="cyan" ["cyan4"]="cyan"
["blue"]="blue" ["blue2"]="blue" ["blue3"]="blue" ["blue4"]="blue" ["blue5"]="blue"
["breeze"]="breeze" ["breeze2"]="breeze" ["breeze3"]="breeze" ["breeze4"]="breeze"
["nordic"]="nordic" ["nordic2"]="nordic" ["nordic3"]="nordic"
["indigo"]="indigo" ["indigo2"]="indigo" ["indigo3"]="indigo" ["indigo4"]="indigo"
["violet"]="violet" ["violet2"]="violet" ["violet3"]="violet" ["violet4"]="violet" ["violet5"]="violet"
["magenta"]="magenta" ["magenta2"]="magenta" ["magenta3"]="magenta" ["magenta4"]="magenta"
["pink"]="pink" ["pink2"]="pink" ["pink3"]="pink" ["pink4"]="pink"
["brown"]="brown" ["brown2"]="brown" ["brown3"]="brown" ["brown4"]="brown"
["palebrown"]="palebrown" ["palebrown2"]="palebrown" ["palebrown3"]="palebrown"
)

── Convert hex to RGB ──

hex_to_rgb() {
local h="${1##}"
echo "$((16#${h:0:2})) $((16#${h:2:2})) $((16#${h:4:2}))"
}

read r1 g1 b1 <<< "$(hex_to_rgb "$hex")"

── Find closest color ──

min_distance=1000000
closest_key=""

for key in "${!colors[@]}"; do
read r2 g2 b2 <<< "$(hex_to_rgb "${colors[$key]}")"
dist=$(( (r1-r2)(r1-r2) + (g1-g2)(g1-g2) + (b1-b2)*(b1-b2) ))
if (( dist < min_distance )); then
min_distance=$dist
closest_key=$key
fi
done

closest_color="${color_name_map[$closest_key]}"
echo "Matugen primary: #$hex → matched key: $closest_key → papirus color: $closest_color"

── Apply ──

"$PAPIRUS_FOLDERS" -C "$closest_color" --theme Papirus-Dark

── Refresh icon cache ──

gtk-update-icon-cache "$HOME/.local/share/icons/Papirus-Dark" 2>/dev/null || true

gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/Papirus-Dark 2>/dev/null || true