---
title: "Appearance animated icon"
description: "Appearance animated icon (Preferences). Light: the brush glides 14 units to the right and paints a band behind its tip. Strong: it dabs, drags its handle back 12° through a fast sweep, stops and straightens. The painted band is retained; reverse wipes it back."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/appearance/
---

# Appearance animated icon

Light: the brush glides 14 units to the right and paints a band behind its tip. Strong: it dabs, drags its handle back 12° through a fast sweep, stops and straightens. The painted band is retained; reverse wipes it back.

- Id: `appearance`
- Category: Preferences
- Search terms: theme, themes, customize, customise, personalize, personalise, look and feel, color scheme, colour scheme, skin, style, display settings
- Two states: blank to painted, played forward and back
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/appearance.lottie (dotLottie, 13394 bytes, sha256 82159e3010775763536f21cd167850f3cced509f3c28a640e41c90ffa7cd51f3)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add appearance
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/appearance.mjs';

export function AppearanceIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/appearance.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/appearance/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/appearance