I have limited time to use Sonar so during that time I want to make music and not play with colors.  Thus I use the standard tungsten theme.

bitflipper
I'd like to extend a challenge to theme editor fans:
 
For those of us whose eyesight ain't what it used to be, design a theme that achieves high contrast and text legibility while avoiding garish colors. 
 
That's not an easy design goal, since soft colors and high contrast tend to be mutually-exclusive. (See Microsoft's butt-ugly "high contrast" Windows theme for an example of what happens when you favor legibility over everything else.) But I know I'm not the only sight-challenged geezer around here that would appreciate such a contribution.

If I could read what you wrote, I'd agree with it 100%.

The theme editor is a nice idea but I am too busy with projects to be spending time changing the look of Sonar.  The Tungsten look is perfect for me and I have made a few changes such as the time line ruler color and the db scale on the track faders which I did in the preferences menu under colors.  This was quick and easy to apply to give contrast to those items other than that I leave the Tungsten as is.  I think if the theme editor was easier to use and changes could be done quickly perhaps I would spend a few minutes making some changes but the way it is set up now I can't waste time with it because it's too labor intensive.

I am using a yellow theme by outland144k currently, and was also using his green glow before that.  I like the dark background with light text and buttons.  I'm color bind so I could be completely off.  I enjoy the variety and thank the contributors!!!  I am concerned how this will work when the bakers make UI changes and I'm using a custom theme...  I also think the Mercury theme has a more modern look (3D/depth).  I would like to see a dark theme with the Mercury depth and track color options.  Just my 2 cents.

I am using Green Glow kindly supplied by Trance Canada.
I sometimes go back to my mercury template as I miss the coloured tracks
No real problems with Tungsten in its vanilla form though, just prefer the green when working in low light.

patm300e
Default Mercury here.  FULL Channel colors is VERY important to me...

 
Same here, except for some changes (marker color etc.) I made in Preferences Colors page. 
Mercury's Control Bar looks so beautiful to me.

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> The main reason I use my own theme isn't so much the looks, but because it highlights the elements that are most important to me in the various projects I do.
 
That's one of the reasons I've been using custom themes since SONAR X1b.
Mercury Theme's colors are not informative enough in several critical locations (like PDF and FX button states and FX bin).
 
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I use my custom theme with Mercury's colored console view strips.

I still use Tungsten primarily, because it is such a great theme, but I also switch to SCook's Tungsten/Mercury mashups, which are quite nice as well. SteveC posted a theme that I like a lot as well.
 
Regards,
Dan

I really like the look of the Tungsten theme and some of the user designs that have been created, but I went back to Mercury for the full channel strips. Just easier for me to quickly identify an area. The ability to customize is a good feature that I may try in the future, but I'm too busy creating music at the moment to delve in.