I'm impressed at just how hard it is to see what catppuccin actually looks like in VSCode without installing it first. The catppuccin github has no screenshots, and the catppuccin-for-vscode github/site has exactly one screenshot, which is split into diagonal "bands" for the four different versions of the scheme, and only one of those bands has a significant amount of code.
The catpuccin/vscode repo does have screenshots. They're collapsed under the "Previews" header, so you have to click each of the variants you want to view. Annoying, but they're there.
You can preview it in VSCode. Open command pallete, type "Color Theme", click on top on "Browse additional color themes", and type "catppuccin" in the box. Arrows up/down to preview, Enter to install it.
I wanted a color scheme where colors _meant_ something, rather than just be pretty - where you can just squint at your code and be able to visualize a heatmap of the key control flows. Among other things Chandrian uses Warm Colors for action keywords, Cold colors for Function names, variable values etc, and muted colors for punctuation / parenthesis etc. which just get in your way of reading code.
I also use gruvbox dark with hard contrast. I completely forgot I was using it and had to look at my vimrc. That's how good it is: I set it a number of years ago and haven't had to touch it since.
On Sublime Text Chelevra[1] has been my favorite for a long time. Lately I've also been using a couple of Alabaster[2] variations. To me the most important thing is to have just enough color. I find too much color distracting.
"ir_black" is the colorscheme I've come back to most often. Came across it a decade or so ago, and there's something about this scheme that's appealed a lot to me (I think it's something to do with the color palette being in-sync with my mental model of programming constructs?) and it's been my primary colorscheme since.
Available on vim [1], iterm [2] and VSCode as well [3]
I'm not a fan of the pastel/low contrast style most of the themes have these days. My theme of choice is Ayu (dark) (https://github.com/Shatur/neovim-ayu). Absolutely gorgeous.
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https://github.com/catppuccin/vscode
I wanted a color scheme where colors _meant_ something, rather than just be pretty - where you can just squint at your code and be able to visualize a heatmap of the key control flows. Among other things Chandrian uses Warm Colors for action keywords, Cold colors for Function names, variable values etc, and muted colors for punctuation / parenthesis etc. which just get in your way of reading code.
Disclaimer: I made it
I used to use an absolutely terrible colorscheme named sakura light or something, anyone I showed my editor to would be blinded lol.
Nighttime: solarized dark
Switched to a light background during the daytime and a dark background during the nighttime with this plugin I made for vim: https://github.com/nburns/vim-auto-light-dark
[1] https://github.com/jhermsmeier/chelevra.tmtheme
[2] https://github.com/tonsky/sublime-scheme-alabaster
Available on vim [1], iterm [2] and VSCode as well [3]
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[1] https://vimcolorschemes.com/twerth/ir_black
[2] https://github.com/pnasrat/iTerm-2-Color-Themes/blob/master/...
[3] https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=gerane.T...