windows 7 actual black theme

[moderategamer]

I was wondering if there was a way to get a darker black theme for windows 7 other than picking the grey theme and turning the brightness down as unless I have a dark background pick it's only really a darkish grey.

[Rashy]

I set my Window Color to pitch black using the mixer, no transparency, although shiny, dont want to be rhymey but hey i gotta do iyy

...google?

[moderategamer]

I set my Window Color to pitch black using the mixer, no transparency, although shiny, dont want to be rhymey but hey i gotta do iyy

...google?

there is no black in the colour mixer it goes from red through the spectrum back to red as black isn't a colour?

[GodSpoon]

Use a theming application

 

Theres a few ways to do it, heres a tutorial 

 

http://www.howtogeek.com/168270/how-to-install-custom-themes-and-visual-styles-in-windows/

 

Lots of themes can be found here for that

 

http://windows7themes.net/tag/shell-themes/

[moderategamer]

Use a theming application

I want to try stay away from 3rd party apps if possible.

[Rashy]

there is no black in the colour mixer it goes from red through the spectrum back to red as black isn't a colour?

My settings. Color intensity to the max, enabled transparency because Google Chrome sucks without transparency.

Gives a metallic black shiny window(like real window, glass window)

[ThisIsMyWorkAccount]

My settings. Color intensity to the max, enabled transparency because Google Chrome sucks without transparency.

Gives a metallic black shiny window(like real window, glass window)

This is what I did, with a black image background. Easy to look at.

[moderategamer]

My settings. Color intensity to the max, enabled transparency because Google Chrome sucks without transparency.

Gives a metallic black shiny window(like real window, glass window)

Thats the same settings I have but it's not dark enough

[Rashy]

This is what I did, with a black image background. Easy to look at.

And doesnt blind you when you open it in the middle of the night

>MRW Opening the PC in the middle of the night with the lights off

[Rashy]

Thats the same settings I have but it's not dark enough

http://windows7themes.net/downloads/30-dark-custom-windows-7-themes/

Googled and clicked the first thing that came up

[Leonard]

I want to try stay away from 3rd party apps if possible.

I would stay away from third party apps as well and it is the reason why i have only changed my desktop background and window bar colors only. If you find one please let me know of it.

[ThisIsMyWorkAccount]

Thats the same settings I have but it's not dark enough

So you mean your monitor is to bright, hate to tell you but black is the darkest color.... try turning down your monitor brightness.

[moderategamer]

So you mean your monitor is to bright, hate to tell you but black is the darkest color.... try turning down your monitor brightness.

no brightness is just right as I am using a projector in most scenarios which needs to be calibrated just right but atm I have a bright background scheme so the dark theme isn't actually all that dark. I will be changing to a dark background soon but would just be nice to have the option of a dark on bright background. Seems like they could have spent two more seconds programming to give me darkness

[moderategamer]

Disable transparency, max out color intensity and bring all other sliders to the left.

 

And you will get an opaque black window theme.

Kinda sucks having to disable transparency but that's what I've done for the time being.