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https://github.com/mcchrish/vim-no-color-collections

Collection of Vim themes with barely any colors
https://github.com/mcchrish/vim-no-color-collections

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Collection of Vim themes with barely any colors

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# Vim no color collections



A list of Vim colorschemes with barely any colors. Go ahead, compare and

**contrast**.



### [andreasvc/vim-256noir](https://github.com/andreasvc/vim-256noir)



> A dark 256-color color scheme for vim.

>

> Have you ever wondered why most syntax highlighting of source code is about as

> subtle and pretty as a candy shop explosion? A technical reason is the

> historical constraints imposed by 16 color terminals, but fortunately this

> limitation is easy to overcome.



![](previews/256_noir.png)



### [Alligator/accent.vim](https://github.com/Alligator/accent.vim)



> A vim colourscheme with a configurable accent colour. It can help you quickly

> tell apart different vim sessions at a glance.



![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Alligator/accent.vim/images/accent.gif)



### [plan9-for-vimspace/acme-colors](https://github.com/plan9-for-vimspace/acme-colors)



> acme colors for vim.



![](previews/acme.png)



### [huyvohcmc/atlas.vim](https://github.com/huyvohcmc/atlas.vim)



> Probably the purest black and white vim colorscheme you can find on the

> internet.



![](previews/atlas.png)



### [LuRsT/austere.vim](https://github.com/LuRsT/austere.vim)



> Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave\_



![](previews/austere.png)



### [chriskempson/base16-vim](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-vim)



> See the [Base16 repository](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16) for more

> information.



- [Dark](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-vim/blob/master/colors/base16-grayscale-dark.vim)

- [Light](https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-vim/blob/master/colors/base16-grayscale-light.vim)



![](previews/base16-grayscale-dark.png)

![](previews/base16-grayscale-light.png)



### [t184256/vim-boring](https://github.com/t184256/vim-boring)



> a truly boring monochrome colorscheme for vim, inspired by 'noclown'.



![](previews/boring.png)



### [~romainl/vim-bruin](https://git.sr.ht/~romainl/vim-bruin)



> A Vim colorscheme with just enough color to deserve its job title.

>

> - should use colors _only_ for UI-related highlight groups

> - should _only_ use combinations of **b**old, **r**everse, **u**nderline,

>   **i**talic, and **N**ONE for syntax-related highlight groups

> - should work the same on _light_ and _dark_ background without human

>   intervention



![](previews/bruin.png)



### [aditya-azad/candle-grey](https://github.com/aditya-azad/candle-grey)



> A dark monochrome grey colorscheme for vim with a simple accent color.



![](previews/candle-grey.png)

![](previews/candle-grey-transparent.png)



### [komau.vim](https://github.com/ntk148v/komau.vim)



> Yet another minimal colorscheme for Vim/Neovim



![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ntk148v/komau.vim/master/screenshots/golang-dark.png)



![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ntk148v/komau.vim/master/screenshots/golang-light.png)



### [davidosomething/vim-colors-meh](https://github.com/davidosomething/vim-colors-meh)



> > A 256-color / 24-bit Vim color scheme, with preference for contrast over

> > hues.

>

> It works for me, just publishing it in case someone has similar taste and

> wants to use it.



![](previews/meh.png)



### [pbrisbin/vim-colors-off](https://github.com/pbrisbin/vim-colors-off)



> For a number of weeks, I ran vim with `syntax off`. It was quite nice, with

> only two annoyances:

>

> - Bright white on jet black was a bit off-putting.

> - There were cases when I did miss the lack of color, vimdiff for example.

>

> Therefore, I aimed to find or create a colorscheme to solve these two issues.

>

> The result is very much based on the [pencil][] colorscheme, which is

> surprising because it's a very colorful colorscheme, but:

>

> - It uses a very sane approach to defining and setting colors

> - It has nice background and foreground colors

> - In the areas where I do want color, I like how it colors things



![](previews/off.png)



### [andreypopp/vim-colors-plain](https://github.com/andreypopp/vim-colors-plain)



> Minimalistic colorscheme which uses bold to highlight keywords and a

> distinguished color for constant literals (string, numbers, JSX tags).



![](previews/plain.png)

![](previews/plain-cterm.png)



### [owickstrom/vim-colors-paramount](https://github.com/owickstrom/vim-colors-paramount)



> A minimal colorscheme for Vim that only puts emphasis on the paramount.



![](previews/paramount.png)



### [reedes/vim-colors-pencil](https://github.com/reedes/vim-colors-pencil)



> A light (and dark) color scheme for Vim inspired by iA Writer



![](previews/pencil.png)



### [Jorengarenar/vim-darkness](https://github.com/Jorengarenar/vim-darkness)



> Simple monochrome Vim colorscheme focused on indulgeing into the darkness



![](previews/darkness.png)



### [KKPMW/distilled-vim](https://github.com/KKPMW/distilled-vim)



> Clears up syntax highlighting to reveal what is important.



![](previews/distilled.png)



### [jaredgorski/fogbell.vim](https://github.com/jaredgorski/fogbell.vim)



> Fogbell is a fork of [SpaceCamp](https://github.com/jaredgorski/SpaceCamp)

> minus color. It comes with only comments, diff, and hlsearch differentiated

> out of the box, but the files are easy to edit if you need more (or less)

> distinction. No bold or italics. Fogbell includes dark, low-contrast, and

> light variants.



![](previews/fogbell.png)

![](previews/fogbell_lite.png)

![](previews/fogbell_light.png)



### [zekzekus/menguless](https://github.com/zekzekus/menguless)



> A color scheme inspired by a very nice rogue like game design.



![](previews/menguless.png)

![](previews/menguless_light.png)



### [jaredgorski/Mies.vim](https://github.com/jaredgorski/Mies.vim)



> Inspired by Mies Van Der Rohe's architecture in the Chicago area, particularly

> [Farnsworth House](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRKUmxr1r40&t=143s),

> Illinois Institute of Technology's [S. R. Crown Hall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRKUmxr1r40&t=589s),

> and [860-880 Lake Shore Drive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRKUmxr1r40&t=673s).

> Diff colors inspired by Dieter Rams' Braun ET66 calculator.



![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaredgorski/Mies.vim/main/.media/full-screenshot_mies.png)



### [fxn/vim-monochrome](https://github.com/fxn/vim-monochrome)



> A dark Vim color scheme for your focused hacking session.



![](previews/monochrome.png)



### [koron/vim-monochromenote](https://github.com/koron/vim-monochromenote)



> monochromenote is inspired by KOKUYO's awesome notebook.



![](previews/monochromenote.png)



### [Lokaltog/vim-monotone](https://github.com/Lokaltog/vim-monotone)



> Another monochrome vim colorscheme. Inspired by various

> [other](https://github.com/ewilazarus/preto) >

> [monochrome](https://github.com/pbrisbin/vim-colors-off) >

> [colorschemes](https://github.com/fxn/vim-monochrome).

>

> Monotone is a middle ground between a regular colorscheme and

> [no syntax highlighting at all](https://www.kyleisom.net/blog/2012/10/17/syntax-off/).

> The colorscheme differentiates comments, strings and keywords with different

> weights and shades of gray. It emphasizes errors, warnings and search

> highlighting as shown in the screenshots below.



![](previews/monotone.png)



### [bdd/noclown.vim](https://github.com/bdd/.dotfiles/blob/master/dot.config/vim/colors/noclown.vim)



> A mostly color free theme with a goal of not making your code look like a

> clown threw up.



![](previews/noclown.png)



### [robertmeta/nofrils](https://github.com/robertmeta/nofrils)



> An extremely minimalist colorscheme, even opting out of the second L in

> frills.



![](previews/nofrils-dark.png)

![](previews/nofrils-light.png)

![](previews/nofrils-sepia.png)

![](previews/nofrils-acme.png)



### [n1ghtmare/noirblaze-vim](https://github.com/n1ghtmare/noirblaze-vim)



> A dark minimal vim theme with a touch of hot pink (magenta?).



![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3255810/190263629-a0612ab8-6c33-46dd-8077-f8078594e052.png)



### [YorickPeterse/vim-paper](https://github.com/YorickPeterse/vim-paper)



> A personal light theme for (Neo)Vim, based on the color of paper as found in

> various notebooks.



![](previews/paper.png)



### [ajgrf/parchment](https://github.com/ajgrf/parchment)



> Parchment is an editor theme for Vim and Emacs, inspired by Acme and Leuven.

> You might like it if you prefer light colorschemes but think black-on-white is

> too hard on your eyes, or if you find most colorschemes too busy.



![](previews/parchment.png)



### [widatama/vim-phoenix](https://github.com/widatama/vim-phoenix)



> Monochrome Vim color scheme based on Phoenix.



![](previews/phoenix.png)



### [axvr/photon.vim](https://github.com/axvr/photon.vim)



> Photon is a low-contrast colour scheme, which cares about the little details.

> It is based on an old version of

> [paramount](https://github.com/owickstrom/vim-colors-paramount) and is

> designed to look exactly the same on 256 colour terminals as it does on true

> colour terminals.



![](previews/photon.png)

![](previews/antiphoton.png)



### [ewilazarus/preto](https://github.com/ewilazarus/preto)



> A minimal dark color scheme for VIM, inspired by badwolf and 256_noir.



![](previews/preto.png)



### [stefanvanburen/rams.vim](https://github.com/stefanvanburen/rams.vim)



> A minimal vim colorscheme, inspired by the work of Dieter Rams.



![](previews/rams.png)



### [kadekillary/skull-vim](https://github.com/kadekillary/skull-vim)



> ☠️ Minimal monochrome theme for vim.



![](previews/skull.png)



### [nikolvs/vim-sunbather](https://github.com/nikolvs/vim-sunbather)



> A minimal pink colorscheme for Vim.



![](previews/sunbather.png)



### [ryanpcmcquen/true-monochrome_vim](https://github.com/ryanpcmcquen/true-monochrome_vim)



> This is a true black/grey/white theme for vim. I would say it is as close as I

> have seen to what the original vi editors looked like (think elvis).



![](previews/true-monochrome.png)



### [hardselius/warlock](https://github.com/hardselius/warlock)



> Warlock is a dark, low-contrast, grayscale colorscheme for Vim based on the

> awesome [Apprentice](https://github.com/romainl/Apprentice) by Romain

> Lafourcade.



![](previews/warlock.png)



### [pgdouyon/vim-yin-yang](https://github.com/pgdouyon/vim-yin-yang)



> Yin-Yang is a black and white color scheme for Vim and is heavily inspired by

> [preto][] and [base16-grayscale][].

>

> I liked preto's subtle use of colors in a black/white colorscheme but found

> the contrast too high for my liking, so I created Yin-Yang as a low contrast

> version of preto.



![](previews/yin.png)

![](previews/yang.png)



### [danishprakash/vim-yami](https://github.com/danishprakash/vim-yami)



> Monochromatic dark(闇) theme for Vim



![](previews/yami.png)



### [cideM/yui](https://github.com/cideM/yui)



> Experimental color scheme without any colors, except what's required to

> display a meaningful `diff`. All syntax differentiation is achieved through

> font styles, so your terminal needs to support bold and italic text.

>

> Shades are used for things like dimming folded text.



![](previews/yui.png)



### [zaki/zazen](https://github.com/zaki/zazen)



> zazen vim color scheme (a personalized version of zenesque).



![](previews/zazen.png)



### [mcchrish/zenbones.nvim](https://github.com/mcchrish/zenbones.nvim)



> Zenbones is a collection of vim/neovim colorschemes designed to highlight code

> using contrasts and font variations. Colors are tasked only for other roles

> such as diagnostics, diffs, search matches.



![](previews/zenbones.png)

![](previews/zenwritten.png)

![](previews/neobones.png)

![](previews/vimbones.png)



### [zenesque.vim](https://github.com/vim-scripts/zenesque.vim)



> Almost colorless(shades of grey), light minimalistic color scheme.  Designed

> for reading for long periods. Inspired by Mini.



![](previews/zenesque.png)



### [rasmus.nvim](https://github.com/kvrohit/rasmus.nvim)



> Vim clone of Rasmus Andersson's Sublime theme

> Mostly gray and white, with some muted colors



![](previews/rasmus.png)



#### Add some more!



Send a Pull Request to add more color (or lack there of) themes!



[preto]: https://github.com/ewilazarus/preto

[base16-grayscale]: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-vim

[paramount]: https://github.com/owickstrom/vim-colors-paramount

[off]: https://github.com/reedes/vim-colors-off

[pencil]: https://github.com/reedes/vim-colors-pencil