# Can we color the project icon?

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Tags:** feature-request, devonthink3\
**Created:** [May 6, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989 "2019-05-06T16:40:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/valente/32/81_2.png) [@valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/valente)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/1 "2019-05-06T16:40:43Z")

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Hello,

I’m very color oriented and I’m wondering if there’s a way to color the project icons (in the sidebar).

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/3lVnpvu.png)

If not—would it be possible to include a option for this in the future?

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/2 "2019-05-06T17:28:15Z")

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I can’t speak for Development, but the request is noted.

_(PS: I’m very visual as well. 🙂 )_

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**Author:** ![Cassady](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cassady/32/8320_2.png) [@Cassady](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Cassady)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/3 "2019-05-06T18:43:27Z")

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Good idea! Another vote for something along these lines, FWIW.

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**Author:** ![ChemBob](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/chembob/32/4132_2.png) [@ChemBob](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/ChemBob)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/4 "2019-05-06T20:50:20Z")

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Same here, I’m very much in favor of this and getting the three pane view back.

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/5 "2019-05-07T09:24:11Z")

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Custom icons of databases assigned in the Finder are used by the sidebar too.

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**Author:** ![valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/valente/32/81_2.png) [@valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/valente)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/6 "2019-05-07T09:47:37Z")

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That’s cool to know. I could work with that.

Although—to be truthful, I’d love to maintain the icon DT3 sets for projects/databases, but with a different color.  
❓💡@cgrunenberg: I don’t suppose you can supply a svg version of that little icon, can you? That way I could make a few different color versions and share them here. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cassady](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cassady/32/8320_2.png) [@Cassady](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Cassady)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/7 "2019-05-07T09:55:09Z")

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Apologies for being pedantic – but can you please explain this?  
Custom icons added/assigned to DBs in Finder – what do you mean by this?

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**Author:** ![valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/valente/32/81_2.png) [@valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/valente)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/8 "2019-05-07T09:59:10Z")

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You go to your database file (via Finder) \> Get Info. On the top corner left you have an icon. If you change it (dragging to it a .icns file, for instance) that new icon will appear as the icon for that project/database within DT3.

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**Author:** ![Cassady](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cassady/32/8320_2.png) [@Cassady](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Cassady)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/9 "2019-05-07T10:00:56Z")

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Ah - thank you. I always did that to the various groups inside the DBs (inside DTPO) – never knew it could be applied to the top level icon as well. Live and learn! 🕶

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**Author:** ![valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/valente/32/81_2.png) [@valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/valente)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 10:36am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/10 "2019-05-07T10:36:43Z")

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In the meantime, since I cannot mimic the DT3 database/project icon, I settled with a few color boxes:

![](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/f/f544841b54e4b31abb64a572a80835af38dc0cc0.png)

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**Author:** ![dansroka](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/dansroka/32/8651_2.png) [@dansroka](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/dansroka)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/11 "2019-05-07T14:08:06Z")

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I reverse-engineered an icon that is pretty close to the DT3 database icon.

![database-icon](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/a/a7986b6c2bd2893fe2e48848fc0c6a877ff5332a.png)

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**Author:** ![valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/valente/32/81_2.png) [@valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/valente)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/13 "2019-05-07T14:55:34Z")

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Actually I managed to find a similar icon in vectorial format, which I could easily colorise. My sidebar with some databases now looks like this:

![](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/9/95a87f50002545bcde3e78a7781d509df5947424.png)

If any one wants to download the icons I made, the download link is: [http://pc.cd/dq9](http://pc.cd/dq9)

Here is a preview of them:

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/tLvNxat.png)

Apple has an official page that explains how to change the icon of files and folders via Finder and using the Get Info: [https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/create-custom-icons-files-folders-mac-mchlp2313/mac](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/create-custom-icons-files-folders-mac-mchlp2313/mac).

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**Author:** ![brookter](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/brookter/32/4458_2.png) [@brookter](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/brookter)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/14 "2019-05-07T15:12:31Z")

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Thank you! They are very nice…

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/15 "2019-05-07T16:31:46Z")

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@valente and @dansroka  
Nice work on this. 🙂

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**Author:** ![dansroka](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/dansroka/32/8651_2.png) [@dansroka](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/dansroka)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/16 "2019-05-07T16:46:31Z")

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Really should’ve been working on actual work instead… 🙂

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**Author:** ![valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/valente/32/81_2.png) [@valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/valente)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/17 "2019-05-07T16:59:45Z")

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Yup, me too. It’s called procrastinating. 😉

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**Author:** ![dansroka](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/dansroka/32/8651_2.png) [@dansroka](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/dansroka)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/18 "2019-05-07T17:14:24Z")

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Yeah but I have no plans to even use this icon myself! So, THAT was time well-spent. (Sigh)

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**Author:** ![jorgeg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/jorgeg/32/419_2.png) [@jorgeg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jorgeg)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/19 "2019-05-07T17:16:19Z")

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Thank you @valente, these are really nice!

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/20 "2019-05-07T17:24:12Z")

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Sometimes we do things just to prove they can be done… or to prove we’ve still got chops 😉 😛

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**Author:** ![valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/valente/32/81_2.png) [@valente](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/valente)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/can-we-color-the-project-icon/46989/21 "2019-05-13T12:08:35Z")

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Have updated the download folder with customised Group icons.

 ![](https://i.imgur.com/ZPNntvv.png)

Same download link: [http://pc.cd/dq9](http://pc.cd/dq9)

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