Windows XP visual styles
Third parties have also released their own visual styles, however these require modification of core Windows components to work, a practice that Microsoft does not officially endorse.
"Luna", "Royale", "Zune", and "Embedded" in particular are codenames of the official visual styles made by Microsoft for Windows XP.
[7] "Luna" (the Moon in Latin and various other languages) is the codename for the default visual style of Windows XP.
Officially known as "Windows XP style", it is available in three color schemes: blue (default), olive green, and silver.
[5][8] Critics who did not like the theme characterized it as a "Fisher-Price interface" among other names, due to its perceived childish nature and design.
An even earlier version of Luna Beta was showcased at CES 2001 using an internal build of Windows XP that was developed for the event.
It is used when the theme service is disabled, as well as in other certain scenarios such as Win32 console windows or when booting the system into Safe mode.
Windows XP and prior includes 22 preset color schemes for the classic style, with four of them[12] being optimized for the visually impaired.
[citation needed]Royale (also known as Energy Blue and Media Center style) was a visual style designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and later ported over to Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005.
As Royale Noir was leaked and not finalized by Microsoft, it has been noted for some imperfections,[19] such as the title bar becoming too dark when the window is inactive.
Watercolor (internally named "Business" and codenamed "Professional") is a placeholder theme that appeared in early pre-release builds of Windows XP from builds 2250 to 2419, and later appeared in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020.
Officially known as "Sample Test Visual Style", It features two color schemes, Chartreuse Mongoose, which features a primarily green and orange style, and Blue Lagoon (internally named as Paler), which uses a teal and purple style, though both themes feature an orange start button with a green notification area as well as a slight curve on the left-hand side of the title bar.
Candy is an unannounced and unreleased theme that was found in the leaked source code of Windows XP in September 2020.
By default, the title bar and the window borders of Windows Forms-based applications are rendered using the user's preferred visual style, while the rest of the application's graphical user interface (GUI) is rendered in the Classic style.
