since i found "Tint media item backgrounds to custom colors" (Pref/Media), i'm in love with it..
..but the visibility of the _selected items_ is color-dependent, and this makes the whole thing unusable as is - for me.
the Time Selection makes things worse/better.. depending on the selected (or random) colors (and our taste..):
and here is my all-time favorite color-scheme: (not Reaper)
(check the fade/crossfade 'tint' and the fade curve colors here too)
* i'd love to see these colors (peak or background tint)
* i'd love to select the colors from a user def palette (8-10 choices)
* more 'user-friendly' Random colors
* inverting colors (peak/background tint) when an item is Selected (NOT under Time Selection)
* no all-time overlay / veiled Time Selection, but a vanishing one when clicked + L-R 'borders' - as you can see in my last screen capture.
and there is more, but now..
you turn.
what you think about these?