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chriskempson/tomorrow-theme

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TLDR

Tomorrow Theme is a set of five color schemes for code editors offering both dark and light backgrounds with muted, readable colors designed for comfortable coding sessions.

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  root((Tomorrow Theme))
    Variants
      Tomorrow Night
      Tomorrow light
      Night Eighties
      Night Blue
      Night Bright
    Design Goals
      Muted colors
      Long sessions
      Syntax clarity
    Audience
      Developers
      Any code editor
    History
      Started 2005
      Released 2011
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USE CASE 1

Apply the Tomorrow Night dark theme to your code editor for a low-strain color scheme during long coding sessions.

USE CASE 2

Choose from five named variants, light, dark, Eighties, Blue, and Bright, to match your preference or ambient lighting.

Tech stack

CSS

Getting it running

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In plain English

Tomorrow Theme is a color scheme for code editors, released publicly on February 14, 2011. A color scheme sets the background color and assigns specific shades to different parts of your code: keywords, strings, comments, and other elements each get their own distinct color. The author had been adjusting a personal editor theme since 2005 before deciding to share it. The design intent is practical: make code easier to read by giving each element a color that adds meaning and helps you identify it quickly. The README describes the overall character of the theme as colourful but with muted colors and sensible syntax highlighting. This means the palette leans toward restrained, medium-saturation tones rather than highly saturated or garish ones, with the goal of being comfortable to look at for extended periods while still keeping code visually clear. The repository includes five named variants, each shown in the README as a screenshot of Ruby code alongside a palette swatch image. Tomorrow Night is a dark-background version. Tomorrow is the light background counterpart. Tomorrow Night Eighties uses a dark background with a warmer, softer tone. Tomorrow Night Blue applies a dark background with a blue tint. Tomorrow Night Bright is a dark scheme with more vibrant foreground colors for higher visual contrast. The README is otherwise very brief. It does not document which text editors or applications are supported, and it does not include installation instructions or setup steps. The five screenshot and palette pairs make up the bulk of the content. The repository is tagged as CSS.

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Prompt 1
How do I install the Tomorrow Night theme in VS Code, Vim, or Neovim, and which variant is best for working in a dark environment?
Prompt 2
I want to port the Tomorrow Night Eighties color palette to a new editor. List the exact hex colors used for each syntax category such as keywords, strings, and comments.
Prompt 3
Compare the five Tomorrow Theme variants and tell me which one to pick if I want maximum contrast without the colors being too harsh on the eyes.
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