How to change icon shape and system colours on a OnePlus (OxygenOS 16)

Device

Android

Shown on

OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201, Android 16

App

Home screen

Path

Home screen › Wallpapers & style

Real screenshots

6 of 6 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open the home screen editor

   Pinch in with two fingers on the home screen, or touch and hold an empty spot (what we did). Tap Wallpapers & style at the bottom.

   Done

2. 

   See the tabs

   A Home screen preview opens with tabs at the bottom: Match Lock screen, Wallpaper, Style, System colours, then Icons. Swipe the tabs left to reach Icons.

   Done

3. 

   Pick an icon shape

   Tap Icons. Choose Classic (ours), Flux, Radiance, Shadow, Material or more. Auto dark icons and ART+ Icons are below.

   Done

4. 

   Check the preview

   We tapped Flux: the preview icons changed at once, before Apply.

   Done

5. 

   Pick system colours

   Tap System colours. Featured colours: Coastal (ours), Two-tone, Alpine; Wallpaper colours are below.

   Done

6. 

   Apply or Cancel

   Apply, at the top right, keeps it. We tapped Cancel, then Discard: the home screen kept its Classic icons: Phone Manager, Photos, Internet, Settings, Facebook, Play Store, Google and Notes looked as before.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Older OxygenOS? OnePlus's OxygenOS 14 manual puts colours at Settings, Wallpapers & style, Colors. On our OxygenOS 16 phone they are the System colours tab in the home screen editor. Source: OxygenOS 14.0 User Manual
• Bigger icons? The Icon slider (Default on ours) is at the bottom of the Icons panel.
• Colours from your wallpaper? Use Wallpaper colours, under Featured colours. Source: OxygenOS 14.0 User Manual

If this does not work

• Nothing changed? Tap Apply at the top right.
• Some app icons look different? ART+ Icons redesigns third-party icons. Turn it off to keep the app's own.

About this guide

Icon shapes and the colour of switches and buttons are set together from the home screen.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201 and Android 16, in Dark mode. Ours used Classic icons and Coastal colours. We previewed Flux icons, then cancelled.

Good to know

Change the grid: home screen layout.

Darker look: Dark mode on a OnePlus.

In short: Pinch or touch and hold the home screen, Wallpapers & style, Icons and System colours, Apply.