This is a plymouth theme that cycles many colors at startup and one color at
shutdown.

Credit to the original ceator: OobuntusGoof tus :
http://gnome-look.org/usermanager/search.php?username=OobuntusGooftus


Adjust the cycling rate by modifying the duration on line 26 of the
script.


To install:

--Copy colors folder to /lib/plymouth/themes

Type to terminal:

sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth
default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/colors/colors.plymouth 100

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

select the number corresponding to colors then run

sudo update-initramfs -u


To fix the delayed loading of the splash:

sudo -s
echo FRAMEBUFFER=y >>/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
update-initramfs -u

for more details visit http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1149

to use the grub background install grub customizer following this
http://www.noobslab.com/2013/04/customize-grub-with-grub-customizer-in.html


Changelog:
1. gradient removed - line 363
2. modify lines 368 & 369 to change shutdown color
3- commented line 760 and 762