Gold Dark and Gold Light Themes for Galaxy S7 Edge!
This is round three of my custom theme series on the Galaxy S7 Edge. In this tutorial we'll take a detailed look at two gold themes for your Galaxy S7 edge, shown off in my Youtube video. I had a difficult time deciding on one theme for gold that I liked best so I created one dark theme and one light theme. Be sure to check out the recommended cases and full gallery of this theme at the bottom of the guide!
Required Apps
- Action Launcher 3 (Free) with IAP of $4.99 for Premium features (light theme). Nova for the dark theme.
- Deluxe Gold Black ($2.49) from Samsung Theme Store (Dark Theme)
- Luxury Gold ($2.49) from Samsung Theme Store (Light Theme)
- Try Gold Edition Theme if you want a free theme that still looks great with either dark or light.
- Gold Icon Pack from StealthyChief (Dark Theme)
- Gold PD Icon Pack (used for the app launcher icon)
- Gold Edition Icon Pack (Used for Light Theme)
- Zooper Widget or Zooper Widget Pro ($2.99-Needed to Use Trident below)
- Stun for Zooper 3 ($0.99)
- Chrooma Keyboard ($1.49)
- Kolorette to Match Color Scheme (Free)
Step By Step Guide
I recommend you begin by installing your theme of choice. You can do this step later, but it will replace your wallpaper with the wallpaper from the theme. If you plan to use the wallpaper with the theme (shown in part 1 of the video) then it would be fine to do this later. To apply Silver Titanium theme head to Settings => Themes => More Themes => More (Top right) => Search => "Deluxe Gold Black". If you're intrigued by the alternate themes above just search the appropriate text or click on the link provided.. Here you can download and install the theme of your choice. Once the theme is installed choose to apply the theme.
If you're not feeling the wallpaper from either of the themes, you can grab an alternate wallpaper from one of my favorite apps. Backdrops and Retrome both offer some nice looking material wallpapers that match either the dark gold or light gold theme. To do this, head to the Backdrops app. Below are a few selections I like from both of these apps, but you might see something else that catches your eye. You can choose to apply or save the wallpaper. If you are running Action Launcher 3 or Nova, you may want to turn off wallpaper scrolling when setting wallpapers from within Backdrops. Once applied you should now have the theme and wallpaper taken care of.
Next, download Nova Prime (or Action Launcher 3 if you prefer) from the above links. Also, download the Gold icon pack or Gold Theme icon pack above depending on whether you want the light or dark theme. To apply Action Launcher 3 open the app, then click to set as default. You can always change back to Touchwiz launcher by navigating to Settings => Default => Applications => Default Applications => Home Screen.
Be aware that setting Novas default will remove your current home screen setups, including app icons that reside there. You can restore by going into Nova Settings and choosing Back and Import Settings => Import => Touchwiz.
Now that Nova is your default launcher you can head into the app and choose Display to customize. Select Icon Pack and choose your previously downloaded icon set from the list. I recommend choosing Smartsize Icons (you can do this on Action Launcher 3 as well, see the below screenshots) as well to have a consistent look. Also scroll to the bottom and Toggle Off Show Notification Bar if you want a cleaner look on the home screen. Finally, I have turned off folder labels, enabled the night mode all the time, and increased the icon size, all show below.
Lastly you will want to add your Stun Zooper 3 widget to the home screen. Head to the home screen and long press to select Widgets from the bottom of the screen. Choose Zooper Widget Pro from the list, which will likely reside at the bottom so you'll need to scroll a good ways down. Select the size widget you would like (I chose 2x2) then add it to the screen. Tap on the widget to head into Zooper and customize. You will then see Stun 3 as an option at the bottom of the list in Zooper. Select this and choose the widget as displayed in the screen shot below. You can now easily customize the color of your widget as well using the app Kolorette, which is detailed below. Lastly, to get a nice look choose the correct scaling, I set mine to 60-75% on most of my home screens.
Match Widget Color Using Kolorette
The app Kolorette let's you extract color profiles from your wallpaper, icons, or other custom images. This is incredibly useful if you want to match your widget colors to your icons and/or wallpaper. My first step when using Kolorette is to take a screenshot of my home screen using my chosen wallpaper and icons already applied.
After you take the screenshot, head into the Kolorette app and slide out the menu on the left side. Choose custom image from the list of options and hit the "+" button in the lower right hand corner. Select the screenshot you just took and you will be presented with a list of colors from your home screen profile. Determine which color(s) you want to use for your widget theme and click on the copy button in the right corner of the given color profile. From here you want to copy the first color code (the one on top).
With the color code copied you can now tap on your chosen widget and modify the color in Zooper Widget Pro. Head to the text or object you wish to change and tap on the color square. Delete the current color code, paste the code you copied from Kolorette, and tap on the new color. Your text now matches your icons and wallpaper! You can repeat this for each block of text or icon you wish to match on your widget.