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Gmail Turf + Chrome Grass themes = yuck

Themes can be fun, but they can be awful. What's the worst combination of Chrome and Gmail themes?

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Google lets you use the Gmail's Turf theme with Chrome's Grass theme. Don't.

Google lets you use the Gmail's Turf theme with Chrome's Grass theme. Don't.

(Credit: Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)

Google is clearly proud of its environmental ethos and likes to show it off through its products, but there can be too much of a good thing.

Mostly in an attempt to gross people out, I tried adding the new Turf theme for Gmail while using the Grass theme for Chrome (download Google Chrome).

Nobody ever accused me of having much in the way of taste, but even I can tell it's pretty awful. The eyestrain alone is headache-inducing.

What's the worst combination you can think of? High Score on Legal Pad? And what happens when you add in operating system themes?

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