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Please share your favorite color scheme(s) ! My favorite for gvim/MacVim is molokai: http://winterdom.com/2008/08/molokaiforvim http://winterdom.com/2008/08/mo

by lamnk 16y ago

Please share your favorite color scheme(s) ! My favorite for gvim/MacVim is molokai: http://winterdom.com/2008/08/molokaiforvim http://winterdom.com/2008/08/molokaiforvim , seconded by vividchalk when i'm on the terminal: https://github.com/tpope/vim-vividchalk https://github.com/tpope/vim-vividchalk Haven't found any good color scheme for iterm2 yet. Currently i'm using thayer: http://ecto-plazm.deviantart.com/gallery/ http://ecto-plazm.deviantart.com/gallery/

natesm 16y ago
My favorite theme is the "Oblivion" one for gedit, but I don't use gedit, so I remade it for TextMate and Xcode 3/4. http://natestedman.com/post/morrowind-for-textmate-xcode/ http://natestedman.com/post/morrowind-for-textmate-xcode/ I am sitting on a mostly-done vim version right now as well, the GUI colors are all good, but I wiped out the terminal colors (I want them to just be the defaults). I'm not exactly a vim expert and I almost always use the terminal vim exclusively for git commits, which don't really need highlighting, so the motivation to fix those sort of disappeared.
- lamnk 16y ago
  That looks cool, please consider putting your code on github so that others can follow its development.
  - natesm 16y ago
    Here you go: https://github.com/NateStedman/morrowind https://github.com/NateStedman/morrowind Will upload the vim one later after I finish it up.
- wladimir 16y ago
  Another vote for the Oblivion gedit theme. It's very nice. This is supposed to be the version for Eclipse, but it seems that the colors are kind of different, which is a pity: http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/?view=theme&id=1 http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/?view=theme&id=1
rjprins 16y ago
I prefer the emacs color-theme 'tangotango': http://blog.nozav.org/post/2010/07/12/Updated-tangotango-emacs-color-theme http://blog.nozav.org/post/2010/07/12/Updated-tangotango-ema...
zargon 16y ago
My favorite is ir_black: http://blog.toddwerth.com/entries/show/8 http://blog.toddwerth.com/entries/show/8
- thenduks 16y ago
  IR_White, too! https://github.com/squil/vim_colors/blob/master/IR_White.vim https://github.com/squil/vim_colors/blob/master/IR_White.vim
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ilikepi 16y ago
I am currently using darkspectrum[1] for diff output and candycode[2] for everything else. There is a huge gallery of them, viewable with several code samples, on the Vim Color Scheme Test page[3]. [1] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2215 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2215 [2] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1635 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1635 [3] http://code.google.com/p/vimcolorschemetest/ http://code.google.com/p/vimcolorschemetest/
tomasr 16y ago
Thanks for the kind words about molokai; took a bit to get it ported, but I've enjoyed it a lot since then. 99% of the props should go to the original authors of monokai and Hamish, though :) Molokai ain't perfect, but I have yet to find one I like more for daily use.
- eddiegroves 16y ago
  Thanks for the port Tomas - been enjoying it for several years. Always leaves a 'mark' when people see it for the first time.
entropie 16y ago
For emacs: https://skitch.com/entropie/ra4ms/emacs-api.rb https://skitch.com/entropie/ra4ms/emacs-api.rb Source: https://github.com/entropie/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/color-theme-bmate.el https://github.com/entropie/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/co...
hansengel 16y ago
I love the Railscasts theme (http://railscasts.com/episodes/258-token-fields http://railscasts.com/episodes/258-token-fields for example), which is what I usually use with Emacs. For iTerm2 I copied over the colors from Visor.app's theme.. but Solarized looks really nice, so maybe I'll soon be using that instead.
- deleted 16y ago
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telemachos 16y ago
After years of dark colorschemes, I'm loving vim-github-theme[1]. [1] https://github.com/acarapetis/vim-github-theme https://github.com/acarapetis/vim-github-theme
adriand 16y ago
I really like Mustang: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2758 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2758 (Screen: http://hcalves.deviantart.com/art/Mustang-Vim-Colorscheme-98974484 http://hcalves.deviantart.com/art/Mustang-Vim-Colorscheme-98...)
simonista 16y ago
I like mustang as well, but I keep coming back to desert: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=105 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=105
ths 16y ago
I mostly use IR_black for vim and emacs, that's definitely a classic. But I'm also quite fond of a custom scheme I made; the colors mostly come from Textmate's Made of Code scheme. Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Ui93Q.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Ui93Q.jpg If anyone is interested, the theme is here: http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.vim http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.vim The .vim file started out as IR_black, I just hacked at the colors until I was satisfied, so the code's not clean or anything :) [I also have a OS X terminal theme to go with it, and an emacs version.]
- gnufs 16y ago
  Could you share the emacs theme?
  - ths 16y ago
    http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.el http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.el
jarin 16y ago
I use molokai as well, but with some small tweaks (darker near-black background, lighter more visible comments, and a more visible line highlight). Inconsolata font for life, I've tried just about every other programming font out there and I always keep coming back.
nezumi 16y ago
Wombat: http://dengmao.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/vim-color-scheme-wombat/ http://dengmao.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/vim-color-scheme-wom...
- andyn 16y ago
  There's also a 256 colour version for use in terminals: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2465 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2465
jswanson 16y ago
Used 'elflord' for the longest time, but have lately switched to Koehler. Screenshot with semi-transparent background: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3ORpqSeM1kvLV0lceHpOjw?feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3ORpqSeM1kvLV0lceHpOjw...
fourspace 16y ago
I also love thayer for iterm2. Here's the github repo for those schemes: https://github.com/larssmit/iTerm-2-Color-Themes https://github.com/larssmit/iTerm-2-Color-Themes
clvv 16y ago
Lucius: https://github.com/vim-scripts/Lucius https://github.com/vim-scripts/Lucius
aquadoctorbob 16y ago
You might like my molokai-inspired color scheme for xterm: https://gist.github.com/845878 https://gist.github.com/845878
sandGorgon 16y ago
is there a reason why most of these color schemes (including solarized), have a very low contrast for comments - making them difficult to read. I personally use the desert colorcheme (http://hans.fugal.net/vim/colors/desert.html http://hans.fugal.net/vim/colors/desert.html)
- beaumartinez 16y ago
  Perhaps to make them "stand-out" less (so they don't distract you when you're skimming the code).
  - sandGorgon 16y ago
    this is interesting - colorscheme as a reflection of programming philosophy. I actually tend to read (and write) comments a LOT. Which is why, I simply am not able to use any colorscheme that tries to hide comments.
- notque 16y ago
  Yeah, I'm a huge fan of desert.
ozataman 16y ago
I like nuvola for VIM; it has clean, solid colors.
makeramen 16y ago
I've actually really grown accustomed to Visor's color theme and use it for all my terminal stuff (including vim). http://visor.binaryage.com/ http://visor.binaryage.com/ IR_Black for Textmate though
edambauskas 16y ago
I am using Vim on Windows via an app called Console2. I am not sure how it handles terminal colors. So I just configured Console2 to use Solarized colors and then tried every colorscheme in Vim. "morning" scheme worked best for me. It is so much easier to read my coworkers crammed code.
gurraman 16y ago
I wrote my own scheme: https://github.com/strange/dotfiles/blob/master/.vim/colors/strange.vim https://github.com/strange/dotfiles/blob/master/.vim/colors/... Python: http://files.pipsq.com/strange/python.png http://files.pipsq.com/strange/python.png Erlang: http://files.pipsq.com/strange/erlang.png http://files.pipsq.com/strange/erlang.png
- phaylon 16y ago
  I just tried this with Perl, and it looks great (the fold-column's a bit bright, but I don't have that on by default). Have you thought about uploading it to vim.org?
  - gurraman 16y ago
    Thank you. Will do.
    - gurraman 16y ago
      Done. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3534 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3534 https://github.com/strange/strange.vim https://github.com/strange/strange.vim
- houk 16y ago
  Those are both really nice. I'm finding after a year or so of IR_Black I'm wanting a change. What's your terminal setup like?
  - gurraman 16y ago
    Thank you. I run tmux inside iTerm2. I'll clean the theme up a little and make an isolated repository. Looks decent in 8-color terminal as well.
1_player 16y ago
I love lettuce.vim: http://i.imgur.com/67LH9.png http://i.imgur.com/67LH9.png You can download it here: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1975 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1975 Make sure to enable 256 colors.
2mur 16y ago
In MacVim I tend to switch between molokai and ir_black.
guygurari 16y ago
I use brookstream [1]. It's dark, somewhat low-contrast, with shades of blue and purple. [1] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=619 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=619
nitrogen 16y ago
I'm using a modified xoria256 in console vim. I gave it a darker background and added some missing colors.
zem 16y ago
desert256

by lamnk 16y ago

natesm 16y ago

My favorite theme is the "Oblivion" one for gedit, but I don't use gedit, so I remade it for TextMate and Xcode 3/4. http://natestedman.com/post/morrowind-for-textmate-xcode/ http://natestedman.com/post/morrowind-for-textmate-xcode/ I am sitting on a mostly-done vim version right now as well, the GUI colors are all good, but I wiped out the terminal colors (I want them to just be the defaults). I'm not exactly a vim expert and I almost always use the terminal vim exclusively for git commits, which don't really need highlighting, so the motivation to fix those sort of disappeared.

lamnk 16y ago
That looks cool, please consider putting your code on github so that others can follow its development.
- natesm 16y ago
  Here you go: https://github.com/NateStedman/morrowind https://github.com/NateStedman/morrowind Will upload the vim one later after I finish it up.
wladimir 16y ago
Another vote for the Oblivion gedit theme. It's very nice. This is supposed to be the version for Eclipse, but it seems that the colors are kind of different, which is a pity: http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/?view=theme&id=1 http://www.eclipsecolorthemes.org/?view=theme&id=1

rjprins 16y ago

I prefer the emacs color-theme 'tangotango': http://blog.nozav.org/post/2010/07/12/Updated-tangotango-emacs-color-theme http://blog.nozav.org/post/2010/07/12/Updated-tangotango-ema...

zargon 16y ago

My favorite is ir_black: http://blog.toddwerth.com/entries/show/8 http://blog.toddwerth.com/entries/show/8

thenduks 16y ago
IR_White, too! https://github.com/squil/vim_colors/blob/master/IR_White.vim https://github.com/squil/vim_colors/blob/master/IR_White.vim

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ilikepi 16y ago

I am currently using darkspectrum[1] for diff output and candycode[2] for everything else. There is a huge gallery of them, viewable with several code samples, on the Vim Color Scheme Test page[3]. [1] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2215 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2215 [2] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1635 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1635 [3] http://code.google.com/p/vimcolorschemetest/ http://code.google.com/p/vimcolorschemetest/

tomasr 16y ago

Thanks for the kind words about molokai; took a bit to get it ported, but I've enjoyed it a lot since then. 99% of the props should go to the original authors of monokai and Hamish, though :) Molokai ain't perfect, but I have yet to find one I like more for daily use.

eddiegroves 16y ago
Thanks for the port Tomas - been enjoying it for several years. Always leaves a 'mark' when people see it for the first time.

entropie 16y ago

For emacs: https://skitch.com/entropie/ra4ms/emacs-api.rb https://skitch.com/entropie/ra4ms/emacs-api.rb Source: https://github.com/entropie/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/color-theme-bmate.el https://github.com/entropie/dotfiles/blob/master/.emacs.d/co...

hansengel 16y ago

I love the Railscasts theme (http://railscasts.com/episodes/258-token-fields http://railscasts.com/episodes/258-token-fields for example), which is what I usually use with Emacs. For iTerm2 I copied over the colors from Visor.app's theme.. but Solarized looks really nice, so maybe I'll soon be using that instead.

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telemachos 16y ago

After years of dark colorschemes, I'm loving vim-github-theme[1]. [1] https://github.com/acarapetis/vim-github-theme https://github.com/acarapetis/vim-github-theme

adriand 16y ago

I really like Mustang: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2758 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2758 (Screen: http://hcalves.deviantart.com/art/Mustang-Vim-Colorscheme-98974484 http://hcalves.deviantart.com/art/Mustang-Vim-Colorscheme-98...)

simonista 16y ago

I like mustang as well, but I keep coming back to desert: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=105 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=105

ths 16y ago

I mostly use IR_black for vim and emacs, that's definitely a classic. But I'm also quite fond of a custom scheme I made; the colors mostly come from Textmate's Made of Code scheme. Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Ui93Q.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Ui93Q.jpg If anyone is interested, the theme is here: http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.vim http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.vim The .vim file started out as IR_black, I just hacked at the colors until I was satisfied, so the code's not clean or anything :) [I also have a OS X terminal theme to go with it, and an emacs version.]

gnufs 16y ago
Could you share the emacs theme?
- ths 16y ago
  http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.el http://notendur.hi.is/ths46/thor.el

jarin 16y ago

I use molokai as well, but with some small tweaks (darker near-black background, lighter more visible comments, and a more visible line highlight). Inconsolata font for life, I've tried just about every other programming font out there and I always keep coming back.

nezumi 16y ago

Wombat: http://dengmao.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/vim-color-scheme-wombat/ http://dengmao.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/vim-color-scheme-wom...

andyn 16y ago
There's also a 256 colour version for use in terminals: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2465 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2465

jswanson 16y ago

Used 'elflord' for the longest time, but have lately switched to Koehler. Screenshot with semi-transparent background: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3ORpqSeM1kvLV0lceHpOjw?feat=directlink https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3ORpqSeM1kvLV0lceHpOjw...

fourspace 16y ago

I also love thayer for iterm2. Here's the github repo for those schemes: https://github.com/larssmit/iTerm-2-Color-Themes https://github.com/larssmit/iTerm-2-Color-Themes

clvv 16y ago

Lucius: https://github.com/vim-scripts/Lucius https://github.com/vim-scripts/Lucius

aquadoctorbob 16y ago

You might like my molokai-inspired color scheme for xterm: https://gist.github.com/845878 https://gist.github.com/845878

sandGorgon 16y ago

is there a reason why most of these color schemes (including solarized), have a very low contrast for comments - making them difficult to read. I personally use the desert colorcheme (http://hans.fugal.net/vim/colors/desert.html http://hans.fugal.net/vim/colors/desert.html)

beaumartinez 16y ago
Perhaps to make them "stand-out" less (so they don't distract you when you're skimming the code).
- sandGorgon 16y ago
  this is interesting - colorscheme as a reflection of programming philosophy. I actually tend to read (and write) comments a LOT. Which is why, I simply am not able to use any colorscheme that tries to hide comments.
notque 16y ago
Yeah, I'm a huge fan of desert.

ozataman 16y ago

I like nuvola for VIM; it has clean, solid colors.

makeramen 16y ago

I've actually really grown accustomed to Visor's color theme and use it for all my terminal stuff (including vim). http://visor.binaryage.com/ http://visor.binaryage.com/ IR_Black for Textmate though

edambauskas 16y ago

I am using Vim on Windows via an app called Console2. I am not sure how it handles terminal colors. So I just configured Console2 to use Solarized colors and then tried every colorscheme in Vim. "morning" scheme worked best for me. It is so much easier to read my coworkers crammed code.

gurraman 16y ago

I wrote my own scheme: https://github.com/strange/dotfiles/blob/master/.vim/colors/strange.vim https://github.com/strange/dotfiles/blob/master/.vim/colors/... Python: http://files.pipsq.com/strange/python.png http://files.pipsq.com/strange/python.png Erlang: http://files.pipsq.com/strange/erlang.png http://files.pipsq.com/strange/erlang.png

phaylon 16y ago
I just tried this with Perl, and it looks great (the fold-column's a bit bright, but I don't have that on by default). Have you thought about uploading it to vim.org?
- gurraman 16y ago
  Thank you. Will do.
  - gurraman 16y ago
    Done. http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3534 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3534 https://github.com/strange/strange.vim https://github.com/strange/strange.vim
houk 16y ago
Those are both really nice. I'm finding after a year or so of IR_Black I'm wanting a change. What's your terminal setup like?
- gurraman 16y ago
  Thank you. I run tmux inside iTerm2. I'll clean the theme up a little and make an isolated repository. Looks decent in 8-color terminal as well.

1_player 16y ago

I love lettuce.vim: http://i.imgur.com/67LH9.png http://i.imgur.com/67LH9.png You can download it here: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1975 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1975 Make sure to enable 256 colors.

2mur 16y ago

In MacVim I tend to switch between molokai and ir_black.

guygurari 16y ago

I use brookstream [1]. It's dark, somewhat low-contrast, with shades of blue and purple. [1] http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=619 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=619

nitrogen 16y ago

I'm using a modified xoria256 in console vim. I gave it a darker background and added some missing colors.

zem 16y ago

desert256