ICal icon questions...

Hello everyone!
I recently tried to "customize" my iCal icon, because I didn't like it red.
So I went to my Applications Folder, right-clicked to Show Package Content > Contents > Resources and I went to find the iCal icon, named "App-empty.icns", which I opened with Preview.
From Preview I went to Tools > Adjust Color.
I then changed the colours of the icon until I was able to replace the red with grey, and still keep the page white.
I saved it as a TIFF, and then changed the extension to .icns, for icons of course.
Removed iCal from my Dock and put it back in.
Now my changes from red to grey only work when iCal is on, and when it is not in use, it goes back to the original red version.
If anyone knows how to make the operation effective, so that the icon is always grey, that would help a lot.
... And I also changed my MSN icon for it to be made of 2 blue figures and the Dictionary icon for it to have a black cover. However, those changes did not work at all, yet I went through the same procedure as for the iCal changes.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

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