non qt apps dont inherit colors, uses gtk theme colors
You need to be a lot more specific. Which apps specifically? What toolkit do they use? Please also attach the output of running "env" and "krdb" as well as the file ~/.config/gtkrc And whether the setting # "Apply colors to non-KDE4 applications" is checked Then reopen this bug.
a few apps that dont adopt the color scheme are nicotine, compicconfig settings manager, and emerald theme manager, i believe they all use the gtk2 toolkit output of env: XDG_VTNR=1 GTK_MODULES=canberra-gtk-module KDE_SESSION_VERSION=5 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=KDE XCURSOR_THEME=Breeze_Snow USER=jon DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus DESKTOP_SESSION=/usr/share/xsessions/plasma COLORFGBG=0;15 PWD=/home/jon/ KONSOLE_DBUS_SESSION=/Sessions/1 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/jon//.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ _=/usr/bin/env QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000 KONSOLE_DBUS_SERVICE=:1.86 XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1 KDE_SESSION_UID=1000 XCURSOR_SIZE=0 DISPLAY=:0 MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins XDG_SEAT=seat0 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE= KDED_STARTED_BY_KDEINIT=1 XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0 KONSOLE_PROFILE_NAME=Profile 3 SHELL_SESSION_ID=859b12971235400082deb14a7421148e XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 SHLVL=2 XAUTHORITY=/tmp/xauth-1000-_0 KONSOLE_DBUS_WINDOW=/Windows/1 MAIL=/var/spool/mail/jon HOME=/home/jon/ XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user SESSION_MANAGER=local/regularity:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/583,unix/regularity:/tmp/.ICE-unix/583 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh PROFILEHOME= LOGNAME=jon TERM=xterm GS_LIB=/home/jon//.fonts XDG_SESSION_ID=c2 XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=KDE WINDOWID=62914566 KDE_FULL_SESSION=true OLDPWD=/home/jon/ SSH_KEY_PATH=~/.ssh/dsa_id PAGER=less LESS=-R LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LSCOLORS=Gxfxcxdxbxegedabagacad SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/jon//.gnupg/S.gpg-agent.ssh EDITOR=nano output of krdb Initializing "kcm_style" : "kcminit_style" ~/.config/gtkrc # created by KDE, Wed Nov 16 07:37:51 2016 # # If you do not want KDE to override your GTK settings, select # Appearance -> Colors in the System Settings and disable the checkbox # "Apply colors to non-KDE4 applications" # # style "default" { bg[NORMAL] = { 0.937, 0.922, 0.906 } bg[SELECTED] = { 0.686, 0.753, 0.757 } bg[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.937, 0.922, 0.906 } bg[ACTIVE] = { 0.816, 0.765, 0.710 } bg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.937, 0.922, 0.906 } base[NORMAL] = { 0.957, 0.965, 0.965 } base[SELECTED] = { 0.686, 0.753, 0.757 } base[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.937, 0.922, 0.906 } base[ACTIVE] = { 0.686, 0.753, 0.757 } base[PRELIGHT] = { 0.686, 0.753, 0.757 } text[NORMAL] = { 0.592, 0.651, 0.655 } text[SELECTED] = { 0.961, 0.961, 0.961 } text[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.816, 0.765, 0.710 } text[ACTIVE] = { 0.961, 0.961, 0.961 } text[PRELIGHT] = { 0.961, 0.961, 0.961 } fg[NORMAL] = { 0.592, 0.651, 0.655 } fg[SELECTED] = { 0.961, 0.961, 0.961 } fg[INSENSITIVE] = { 0.816, 0.765, 0.710 } fg[ACTIVE] = { 0.592, 0.651, 0.655 } fg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.592, 0.651, 0.655 } } class "*" style "default" style "ToolTip" { bg[NORMAL] = { 0.937, 0.922, 0.906 } base[NORMAL] = { 0.957, 0.965, 0.965 } text[NORMAL] = { 0.592, 0.651, 0.655 } fg[NORMAL] = { 0.592, 0.651, 0.655 } } widget "gtk-tooltip" style "ToolTip" widget "gtk-tooltips" style "ToolTip" style "MenuItem" { bg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.686, 0.753, 0.757 } fg[PRELIGHT] = { 0.961, 0.961, 0.961 } } class "*MenuItem" style "MenuItem" "apply colors not non-qt apps" is checked
sorry, here is the full ouput of krdb: Initializing "kcm_style" : "kcminit_style" QFile::copy: Empty or null file name
additional information: gtk apps inherit colors when using breeze or breeze dark, but other color schemes dont
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 353071 ***