colour-schemes

This repository is a collection of color themes for text editors and coding tools, created by Dayle Rees, a member of the Laravel PHP framework team. The themes are designed to make time spent looking at code more visually comfortable. The author spells it "colour" deliberately, being British.

The collection covers a wide range of editors and tools: Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code, Atom, Vim, JetBrains editors (such as PHPStorm), Xcode, TextMate, Coda 2, and others. There are also theme files for libraries that handle syntax highlighting on websites, such as Highlight.js and Google Code Prettify, plus Bootstrap variable files for web developers who want matching colors in their front-end projects.

Installing a theme depends on the editor. For Sublime Text, the easiest method is through Package Control, which is a plugin manager. For Vim, the theme files go into a specific folder in your home directory. For Visual Studio Code, you copy the theme file to the extensions folder. Each editor has its own short set of steps, and the README walks through each one. A demo page on GitHub Pages shows previews of all the themes as HTML so you can browse them before installing anything.

The themes are generated from a single source file and then mapped to each editor's format. Because the mapping work varies by editor, some editors have full coverage (Sublime Text is at 98%) while others are still being improved (Vim is at 70%, JetBrains at 60%). The README notes these compatibility percentages so you know what to expect before installing.

The project is a purely cosmetic resource with no code to run. It is useful for any developer who wants more visual variety in their editor beyond the default themes that come installed.