download folder in sidebar of finder is white icon in yosemite OS X

There's another solution that worked for me (and I did not have xtrafinder on my system):

Go to System>Preferences

At the bottom is a checkbox for "Recent Tags" that has a white dot next to it. Uncheck the box and it's fixed.

But I have no idea why it happens. It's happened to me 3-4 times ver the last 10 years on different Macs, always when I drag something to a folder (either another folder or a file).

Every Mac user I know has had it happened - I'm amazed there are not more questions posted.

Press the COMMAND key, hold down the trackpad and drag the icon off of the side bar.

Ciao.

Open Fider Preferences>Sidebar:

See what is checked.

Ciao.

Same problem here no solution yet so any help is welcome

Ok fixed it. XtraFinder was causing it. If you got it installed go to ~/Library/Application Support/XtraFinder

Choose a version ans click uninstall.

You got ya default icons back

Unchecking the "recent tags" didn't fix it for me. The only fix I have found is to remove the folder from the sidebar and then drag it back... this is so stupid. why is apple doing this????