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Solarized
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**A precision colorscheme for machines and people.** Solarized is a sixteen
color palette (eight monotones, eight accent colors) designed for use with
terminal and gui applications and has several unique properties. It has been
designed with both precise [CIELAB] lightness relationships and a refined set
of hues based on fixed color wheel relationships. It has been tested
extensively in real world use on color calibrated displays and in a variety of
lighting conditions.
Available in formats for:
* **Vim** (a repository with *just* the Vim colorscheme is [available
here](https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized), for use with
Pathogen, etc.)
* **Mutt** e-mail client (a repository with *just* the Mutt colorscheme is
[available here](https://github.com/altercation/mutt-colors-solarized))
* Adobe Photoshop Palette
* GIMP Palette
* Apple Color Picker Palette
* iTerm2
* OS X Terminal.app
* Xresources / Xdefaults
Download
--------
Downloads, screenshots and more information is available from the project
homepage: <http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized>.
The git repository is at: https://github.com/altercation/solarized
The vim-only colorscheme (Pathogen ready) is available at: (https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized
The mutt-only variants can be cloned from https://github.com/altercation/mutt-colors-solarized
Note that through the magic of
[git-subtree](https://github.com/apenwarr/git-subtree) these repositories are
all kept in sync, so you can pull any of them and get the most up-to-date
version.
What
----
Solarized is a sixteen color palette (eight monotones, eight accent colors)
designed for use with terminal and gui applications and has several unique
properties. It has been designed with both precise [CIELAB] lightness
relationships and a refined set of hues based on fixed color wheel
relationships. It has been tested extensively in real world use on color
calibrated displays and in a variety of lighting conditions.
Features
--------
1. **Selective contrast**
Solarized reduces brightness based contrast in general. Modern display
devices are capable of blasting your retina clean off with max brightness
and I found my eyes growing tired using high contrast colorschemes, even
with the brightness turned down. Solarized reduces *brightness contrast*
but, unlike many low contrast colorschemes, retains *contrasting hues*
(based on colorwheel relations) for syntax highlighting readability.
2. **Dual modes: Dark/Light**
I switch between dark and light modes when editing text even when editing
different types of files. Solarized retains the same selective contrast
relationships and overall feel when switching between the light and dark
background modes. A *lot* of thought, planning and testing has gone into
making both modes feel like part of a unified colorscheme.
3. **16/5 Palette modes**
Solarized works as a sixteen color palette for compatibility with comment
terminal based applications / emulators. It has been designed to scale down
to a variety of five color palettes (four base monotones and one accent
color) for use in design work, such as web development.
4. **Personality that doesn't crowd out the room**
Solarized can be used as a pure monotone palette, a five-up monotone+accent
colorscheme or in full on sixteen color mode for full syntax highlighting.
In every case it retains a strong identity but doesn't overwhelm. Like any
good supporting actor, it keeps the story moving without chewing up the
scenery.
5. **Precision**
The monotones have symmetric CIELAB lightness differences, so switching
from dark to light mode retains the same perceived contrast in brightness
between each value. Each mode is equally readable. The accent colors are
based off specific colorwheel relations and subsequently translated to
CIELAB to ensure perceptual uniformity in terms of lightness. The hues
themselves, as with the monotone \*A\*B values, have been adjusted within
a small range to achieve the most pleasing combination of colors.
Download
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Installation
------------
Installation instructions for each version of the colorscheme is included in
the subdirectory's README. Note that for Vim (and possibly for Mutt) you may
want to clone the specific repository (for instance if you are using Pathogen).
See the links at the top of this file.
[CIELAB](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_color_space)
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