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Introduce inactive face to LIN to color inactive window buffers differently?

I'm experimenting with dired-sidebar, which is the first file tree browser sidebar I've been using since installing LIN.

This means using LIN in that buffer permanently shows the colorful selection color. That's so prominent it actually draws my attention because at a glance it looks like the focus is there:

  1. Sidebar has blue LIN highlight but is inactive

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  1. Sidebar has same LIN highlight but is active

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So I wonder: would it be feasible to adopt a face for inactive buffers, maybe one that just inherits from the default face, and that's it?

For inactive buffer dimming, I'm using auto-dim-other-buffers by the way: https://github.com/mina86/auto-dim-other-buffers.el

I'd personally be fine with customizing the inactive face to resemble the macOS system colors
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... and wire activation of the face myself.