My .clr and theme editor

Mind you, I've only played with the TE very little.
I think that "colors" and "themes" are different things.
I was also curious how one effects the other when editing with the theme editor. It does seem that the TE overwrites the 'colors'. 
 
As far as 'when you open the editor and don't see your colors', my guess is the TE works off one of the two themes available. You didn't change your colors in Tungsten, you changed them in Sonar as far as I can tell. This a big problem I have with the whole color/theme conundrum. as far as I can tell there are like 3 different ways to adjust/change colors in Sonar and it appears that none of them interact with the others. In my mind, that's ridiculous. Probably due to the bloated combobulated mess of code that exists.
 
Anyway, sorry I don't really have a solution for you.

Ken thanks much sir - it worked to change the file extension, but it won't open in the editor. Here's the massive gobbledygook it spewed in it's displeasure: 
************** Exception Text **************
System.Exception: Unable to load resource DLL (error code 193):
C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR Themes\Shep Tungsten Dark.sth
   at SonarThemeEditor.SkinEditorSonarResourceDll..ctor(String fileName) in D:\Jenkins\workspace\ThemeEditor_1.0\Repositories\Tools\ThemeEditor\SonarResourceDll.cs:line 116
   at SonarThemeEditor.Skin.Load(String fileName, SkinEditorSonarResourceDll dll, Boolean createNewTheme) in D:\Jenkins\workspace\ThemeEditor_1.0\Repositories\Tools\ThemeEditor\Skin.cs:line 222
   at SonarThemeEditor.Skin.<>c__DisplayClass57_0.<LoadAsync>b__0() in D:\Jenkins\workspace\ThemeEditor_1.0\Repositories\Tools\ThemeEditor\Skin.cs:line 204
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at SonarThemeEditor.Skin.<LoadAsync>d__57.MoveNext() in D:\Jenkins\workspace\ThemeEditor_1.0\Repositories\Tools\ThemeEditor\Skin.cs:line 204
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at SonarThemeEditor.Forms.SkinEditorForm.<OpenSkinAsync>d__41.MoveNext() in D:\Jenkins\workspace\ThemeEditor_1.0\Repositories\Tools\ThemeEditor\Forms\SkinEditorForm.cs:line 639
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore.<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__6_0(Object state)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1080.0 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
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SONARThemeEditor
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.25
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.25
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Cakewalk/SONAR%20Theme%20Editor/SONARThemeEditor.exe
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    Win32 Version: 4.6.1038.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
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    Win32 Version: 4.6.1081.0 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1078.0 built by: NETFXREL3STAGE
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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DevExpress.XtraBars.v15.2
    Assembly Version: 15.2.10.0
    Win32 Version: 15.2.10.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Cakewalk/SONAR%20Theme%20Editor/DevExpress.XtraBars.v15.2.DLL
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DevExpress.Utils.v15.2
    Assembly Version: 15.2.10.0
    Win32 Version: 15.2.10.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Cakewalk/SONAR%20Theme%20Editor/DevExpress.Utils.v15.2.DLL
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DevExpress.XtraEditors.v15.2
    Assembly Version: 15.2.10.0
    Win32 Version: 15.2.10.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Cakewalk/SONAR%20Theme%20Editor/DevExpress.XtraEditors.v15.2.DLL
----------------------------------------
DevExpress.Data.v15.2
    Assembly Version: 15.2.10.0
    Win32 Version: 15.2.10.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Cakewalk/SONAR%20Theme%20Editor/DevExpress.Data.v15.2.DLL
----------------------------------------
DevExpress.XtraTreeList.v15.2
    Assembly Version: 15.2.10.0
    Win32 Version: 15.2.10.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Cakewalk/SONAR%20Theme%20Editor/DevExpress.XtraTreeList.v15.2.DLL
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System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.6.1038.0 built by: NETFXREL2
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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System.Core
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DevExpress.XtraGrid.v15.2
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    Win32 Version: 15.2.10.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/Cakewalk/SONAR%20Theme%20Editor/DevExpress.XtraGrid.v15.2.DLL
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
For example:
<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
   This means nothing to me, a no coding knowledge person... So, I still seek a way to work in the editor from my current saved color scheme.

.clr files are not the same as .sth files, therefore the debug message when you try to open a renamed .clr in theme editor.
 

Unfortunately, that gave the same errors, Paul. I'd love to be able to start from where I am and make changes I wanted to but couldn't before now. Well, I still can't - at least not without starting from scratch.