# Different Processing icon colours (or colors)

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/different-processing-icon-colours-or-colors/47646>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/different-processing-icon-colours-or-colors/47646 "2025-12-20T20:38:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/different-processing-icon-colours-or-colors/47646/1 "2025-12-20T20:38:19Z")

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Hello Processing team!

The current Processing icon gets lost in a sea of other blue (common) icons.

This is my taskbar and blue (I changed one) is _ **very** _ common:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/b/9/b97985b5ca2c3d71710818bf1caa792472f6f8fd.png)

I have multiple versions of Processing and can hover over the icon in the taskbar and see version (changed the name in properties); a different color would be a nice option.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/e/b/eb11efc43bf6a2fcf33cbfaddbdbaaf9ef3a2eb0.png)

I may submit on GitHub as an enhancement request at a future date.

`:)`

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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/different-processing-icon-colours-or-colors/47646/2 "2025-12-27T15:34:55Z")

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Hello folks!

I found a solution and can change the icons (layers in the _ico_ file) with GIMP:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/7/f/7fb2f4826fce13aaf30dea50226de393ea20cfda.png)

It took some effort to change all the layers but was a good exercise,

Reference:  
_[https://www.gimp.org/](https://www.gimp.org/)_

`:)`