Those of you that are into customization will want to check out a new jailbreak tweak called Athena by iOS developer SuperDev.
Athena allows the user to apply color schemes to application icons without the use of WinterBoard themes. It comes with many different colorizing options, as well as blending options, and intensity options. All of the tweak's preferences are configured in the preferences pane in the Settings application:
You’ll be able to enable or disable color schemes, color intensities, blending modes, and alpha options. After choosing your options, you can respring to save your changes. You can apply these settings for all of your application icons, or for individual application icons on their own.
The color schemes you have to choose from include:
Black
Dark gray
Light gray
White
Gray
Red
Green
Blue
Cyan
Yellow
Magenta
Orange
Purple
Brown
Clear
Dark gray
Light gray
White
Gray
Red
Green
Blue
Cyan
Yellow
Magenta
Orange
Purple
Brown
Clear
The color intensities you have to choose from include:
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
The blend modes you have to choose from include:
Normal
Multiply
Screen
Overlay
Darken
Lighten
Color Dodge
Color Burn
Soft Light
Hard Light
Difference
Exclusion
Hue
Saturation
Color
Luminosity
Clear
Copy
Source In
Source Out
Source Atop
Destination Over
Destination In
Destination Out
Destination Atop
XOR
Plus Darker
Plus Lighter
Multiply
Screen
Overlay
Darken
Lighten
Color Dodge
Color Burn
Soft Light
Hard Light
Difference
Exclusion
Hue
Saturation
Color
Luminosity
Clear
Copy
Source In
Source Out
Source Atop
Destination Over
Destination In
Destination Out
Destination Atop
XOR
Plus Darker
Plus Lighter
The alpha level is set manually using a slider.
There are several different combinations that you can experiment with; there is a color scheme for everyone. If you're interested in giving Athena a try, you will find it in Cydia's BigBoss repository for just 99¢. The tweak requires iOS 6 to install.
