diff --git a/src/controls/BasicListItem.qml b/src/controls/BasicListItem.qml
--- a/src/controls/BasicListItem.qml
+++ b/src/controls/BasicListItem.qml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
             Layout.maximumHeight: Layout.minimumHeight
             Layout.minimumWidth: height
             selected: layout.indicateActiveFocus && (listItem.highlighted || listItem.checked || listItem.pressed)
-            color: listItem.icon && listItem.icon.color && listItem.icon.color.a > 0 ? listItem.icon.color : Qt.rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)  
+            color: listItem.icon && listItem.icon.color && listItem.icon.color.a > 0 ? listItem.icon.color : (selected ? Theme.highlightedTextColor : Theme.textColor)
         }
         QQC2.Label {
             id: labelItem
diff --git a/src/desktopicon.cpp b/src/desktopicon.cpp
--- a/src/desktopicon.cpp
+++ b/src/desktopicon.cpp
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
                         icon = QIcon(localIconSource);
                     }
                     //heuristic to set every icon as mask, maybe only android?
-                    if (!icon.isNull()) {
+                    if (!icon.isNull() && (iconSource.endsWith("-symbolic") || m_color != Qt::transparent)) {
                         icon.setIsMask(true);
                     }
                 }
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@
             if (m_isMask ||
                 //this is an heuristic to decide when to tint and when to just draw
                 //(fullcolor icons) in reality on basic styles the only colored icons should be -symbolic, this heuristic is the most compatible middle ground
-                //48 is the usual value for "big" icons (enum we can't access from here) which we need to take dpis into account
-                (icon.isMask() && (iconSource.endsWith("-symbolic") || size.width() < 48.0 * ratio)) ||
+                icon.isMask() || iconSource.endsWith("-symbolic") ||
                 (isPath && tintColor != Qt::transparent)) {
                 QPainter p(&img);
                 p.setCompositionMode(QPainter::CompositionMode_SourceIn);
diff --git a/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h b/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h
--- a/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h
+++ b/src/libkirigami/platformtheme.h
@@ -251,14 +251,13 @@
     //background colors
     void setBackgroundColor(const QColor &color);
     void setHighlightColor(const QColor &color);
-    
+
     //decoration colors
     void setFocusColor(const QColor &color);
     void setHoverColor(const QColor &color);
 
     void setDefaultFont(const QFont &defaultFont);
     void setPalette(const QPalette &palette);
-
 private:
     PlatformThemePrivate *d;
     friend class PlatformThemePrivate;