SQsquigz·Oct 31, 2024
I've been using Selenized for many years now and I'm quite happy with it.
https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized
(As an aside, why was the title changed to remove clarifying what Monokai is?)
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Solarized redesigned: fine-tuned color palette for programmers with focus on readability.
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19 sourcesSelenized color palette: Solarized Redesigned
2 points · Open discussionSelenized maybe
https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/whats-w...
In Terminal colours are trickySolarized has the core of a good idea but a lot of problems in the details. I started from Selenized. https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/whats-w...
In Terminal colours are trickySelenized color palette: Solarized redesigned
1 points · Open discussionAs someone who is always looking for light color schemes (currently using Selenized[1], by the way), I’ll give it a try.
[1]: https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized
In Flexoki, an inky color scheme for prose and codeSelenized Improves on Solarized
2 points · Open discussionSelenized[0] is an another attempt at improving on solarized.
[0]: https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/
In Show HN: OKSolar: Improving Solarized using the OKLab perceptual colorspaceExcept that solarized has a bunch of other problems https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/whats-w...
In The 12-bit rainbow paletteI used to use solarized, but switched to selenized some time ago.
https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/whats-w...
Never looked back. Next best theme would have to be nordtheme.com
In SolarizedSelenized! Is also well thought out and available for the terminal, IDEs, vim, tmux, etc.
https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized
In Solarized> The search for a theme led me to Solarized by Ethan Schoonover, which I was ultimately not satisfied with but inspired me to try and improve on its ideas.
https://github.com/nealmckee/penumbra#acknowledgments
Which reminds me, of https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/whats-w... Selenized is another theme which aims to improve on Solarized.
https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/feature...
https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/balanci...
Wonder how they compare.
In Show HN: Penumbra, a perceptually optimized color palette based on natural lightalternate colours based on the same principles here: https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/the-val...
In Colorize Your CLITake a look here: https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/blob/master/the-val...
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