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It's odd to me that there's essentially no competition to Solarized Light when it comes to light color schemes, and all of the focus is on dark. Personally, I d

by sitta 4y ago

It's odd to me that there's essentially no competition to Solarized Light when it comes to light color schemes, and all of the focus is on dark. Personally, I don't like dark themes and find them way harder to read. I love Solarized Light, but I do sometimes wish there were a few more options available for light users. Funnily enough, I lived next to Ethan for a few years in Seattle, and was not a solarized user prior to meeting him. Thanks Ethan!

markeibes 4y ago
That is simply not true. I can recommend Kai Light, Espresso Light, XCode Classic Light, Horizon Light off the top of my head.
- sitta 4y ago
  Thank you for the recommendations. I will check them out. To be fair, it's been a couple years since I last looked, and at that time it wasn't that there were _no_ other light themes, but there were very few and they were not nearly as good as Solarized, which I guess is a personal preference. But, I really do appreciate the recommendations, and look forward to trying some new colors.
  - iterati 4y ago
    Default gruvbox light's background is a bit too dark, but light+hard has been my goto for the last 6 years or so.
  - markeibes 4y ago
    . I can probably give you more if you don't like the ones I mentioned but the chance of a taste overlap are pretty slim then I guess.
yakubin 4y ago
I use Alabaster[1]. Contrary to most themes, it is quite minimalistic and it emphasises comments instead of de-emphasising them. I like the minimalism, because it lets me focus, instead of marking every single thing on the screen as a different colour of “important” making my head spin. [1]: <https://github.com/tonsky/sublime-scheme-alabaster https://github.com/tonsky/sublime-scheme-alabaster>
- sirtomato 4y ago
  One of my favorite themes has a light grey for everything except strings (light blue) and comments (white). Comments are super important, they should stand out.
thechao 4y ago
I use printer mode (gray scale). I mean; originally just to irritate my boss during code review, but then it grew on me. I wish there was a good black&white underline/italic/bold theme a la Algol 68.
8589934591 4y ago
I use atom light. I find it the best light theme so far.
Oreb 4y ago
Adding to the other suggestions: I much prefer Leuven and Modus Operandi over Solarized Light.

by sitta 4y ago

markeibes 4y ago

That is simply not true. I can recommend Kai Light, Espresso Light, XCode Classic Light, Horizon Light off the top of my head.

sitta 4y ago
Thank you for the recommendations. I will check them out. To be fair, it's been a couple years since I last looked, and at that time it wasn't that there were _no_ other light themes, but there were very few and they were not nearly as good as Solarized, which I guess is a personal preference. But, I really do appreciate the recommendations, and look forward to trying some new colors.
- iterati 4y ago
  Default gruvbox light's background is a bit too dark, but light+hard has been my goto for the last 6 years or so.
- markeibes 4y ago
  . I can probably give you more if you don't like the ones I mentioned but the chance of a taste overlap are pretty slim then I guess.

yakubin 4y ago

I use Alabaster[1]. Contrary to most themes, it is quite minimalistic and it emphasises comments instead of de-emphasising them. I like the minimalism, because it lets me focus, instead of marking every single thing on the screen as a different colour of “important” making my head spin. [1]: <https://github.com/tonsky/sublime-scheme-alabaster https://github.com/tonsky/sublime-scheme-alabaster>

sirtomato 4y ago
One of my favorite themes has a light grey for everything except strings (light blue) and comments (white). Comments are super important, they should stand out.

thechao 4y ago

I use printer mode (gray scale). I mean; originally just to irritate my boss during code review, but then it grew on me. I wish there was a good black&white underline/italic/bold theme a la Algol 68.

8589934591 4y ago

I use atom light. I find it the best light theme so far.

Oreb 4y ago

Adding to the other suggestions: I much prefer Leuven and Modus Operandi over Solarized Light.