https://github.com/yorickpeterse/vim-paper

A light theme for (Neo)Vim, based on the colour of paper as found in various notebooks.
https://github.com/yorickpeterse/vim-paper

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A light theme for (Neo)Vim, based on the colour of paper as found in various notebooks.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/yorickpeterse/vim-paper
• Owner: yorickpeterse
• License: mpl-2.0
• Created: 2020-08-26T21:22:18.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-02T14:57:52.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-23T15:08:54.440Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: colorscheme, neovim, theme, vim
• Language: Vim Script
• Homepage:
• Size: 594 KB
• Stars: 150
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 17
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# Vim Paper

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

various notebooks.

I created Paper as a replacement for [Happy

Hacking](https://github.com/yorickpeterse/happy_hacking.vim), and the

[Autumn](https://github.com/yorickpeterse/Autumn.vim) theme it was originally

based on. I've been using dark themes for the last decade or so, and mostly

without issues. But dark themes are not necessarily a good choice for your eyes,

and research has shown that it's generally better to have dark text on a light

background (see [this StackExchange question for some interesting

data](https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/53264/dark-or-white-color-theme-is-better-for-the-eyes)).

In addition, [halation](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/halation) becomes a

problem when presenting light text on (very) dark backgrounds.

Besides the issues with dark themes, I also simply wanted a theme with fewer

colors; making the colors that _are_ used stand out more. I couldn't squeeze

this into the Happy Hacking theme without fundamentally changing it, so I

created a new theme instead.

Please note that this theme is designed with the following display properties in

mind:

* An LCD/TFT display

* A display temperature range of 4000K-5200K

* A low display brightness

## Screenshots

| Ruby                          | Rust                          | Markdown

|:------------------------------|:------------------------------|:-------------

| ![Ruby](screenshots/ruby.png) | ![Rust](screenshots/rust.png) | ![Markdown](screenshots/markdown.png)

## Requirements

* A recent version of (Neo)Vim

* For best results, a (Neo)Vim GUI with true-color support

## Installation

Using vim-plug, add the following to your `init.vim`:

    Plug 'yorickpeterse/vim-paper'

Then run `PlugInstall` to install it, followed by `color paper` to enable the

theme.

### vim-airline

Add the following line to your `init.vim`:

    let g:airline_theme = 'paper'

## Terminal colors

If you want to use Paper as your terminal theme, you can use the following color

palette:

| Color   | Normal    | Bright    | GNOME Terminal color index

|:--------|:----------|:----------|:--------------------------

| Black   | `#000000` | `#555555` | 0, 8

| Red     | `#CC3E28` | `#CC3E28` | 1, 9

| Green   | `#216609` | `#216609` | 2, 10

| Yellow  | `#B58900` | `#B58900` | 3, 11

| Blue    | `#1E6FCC` | `#1E6FCC` | 4, 12

| Purple  | `#5C21A5` | `#5C21A5` | 5, 13

| Cyan    | `#158c86` | `#158c86` | 6, 14

| White   | `#AAAAAA` | `#AAAAAA` | 7, 15

For the text color, highlight color, etc, use:

| Color     | Foreground | Background

|:----------|:-----------|:------------

| Text      | `#000000`  | `#F2EEDE`

| Highlight | `#000000`  | `#D8D5C7`

## Related projects

- https://gitlab.com/samue1/paper-theme: support for bashtop, iTerm, Vieb, and

  Vifm

- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=18kimn.notebook-theme:

  support for VS Code

- https://github.com/Erik-J-D/lightline-paper: Lightline support

## License

All source code in this repository is licensed under the Mozilla Public License

version 2.0, unless stated otherwise. A copy of this license can be found in the

file "LICENSE".