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I like the default icons in Elementary, however when I change the icon theme to Numix it also replaces the icons in applications (for instance Midori) which looks really out of place.
Any way to change that?
Edit: What I precisely meant is that icons within applications (such as back, forward, refresh, &c) are replaced with custom ones. I want to keep those the elementary default.
Gtk applications, like Midori, use gtk stock icons from selected theme to show actions WITHIN headerbars.
You can make a variant of the Numix theme to solve your issue.
First of all, create a new folder from terminal:
mkdir -p ~/.icons/mynumix
Copy the content of Numix theme icon folder to new one:
sudo cp -a /usr/share/icons/Numix/. ~/.icons/mynumix
Copy the gtk stock icons to "mynumix" folder:
sudo cp -a /usr/share/icons/elementary/actions/24/* ~/.icons/mynumix/24/actions/
Create icon cache for the new theme:
sudo gtk-update-icon-cache ~/.icons/mynumix
And finally, change to new theme:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'mynumix'
To restore to default theme, just execute from terminal:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'elementary'
You can combine sizes and themes changing the words '24' and 'elementary' by your favorite ones when you copy the stock icons.
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/midori.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ and follow @bitseater's instructions in the new file. Your changes will not be overwritten during midori updates.