The initial changes were hard to get used to but is getting better.

The lit and unlit bulbs and red and blue books are easy to distinguish.

With your previous bumpy circle it was difficult to distinguish between the colored and grayed in some lighting conditions.
If you are going to switch back to the colored bumpy circle for new posts consider just a circle but not grayed (just a bumpy circle with none of the lines inside the periphery.

If a final decision has not been made consider having a vote before "upload right images and icons".