Monochromator

Author: Josias BeemThemes in extension: 16

Distraction-free monochrome coding theme

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Color themes

Zed preview

macOS Zed window using this variant's theme style.

coding-thememain/zed

coding-theme

src

theme.rsM

palette.jsonU

main.rs

Cargo.tomlM

README.md

theme.rs

palette.json

src›theme.rs

FixSelections

//! Palette tokens for the Zed buffer.

use gpui::{Hsla, px};unused import: `px`

const MAX_LUM: f32 = 0.5;

#[derive(Clone, Debug)]

pub struct Palette { background: Hsla }

impl Palette {

pub fn is_dark(&self) -> bool {

self.background.l < MAX_LUM

}

}

fn main() {

let palette = Palette { background: Hsla::from(0x282c33) };

let fallback = true;

println!("{palette:#?}");

}

coding-theme

~/coding-theme on zed ❯ cargo run --release
   Compiling coding-theme v0.1.0 (/Users/zed/coding-theme)
    Finished `release` profile [optimized] target(s) in 4.82s
     Running `target/release/coding-theme`
theme: Palette { background: #08080a, accent: #61afef }
❯ 

rust-analyzer12src/theme.rs

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colors

UI color keys from this variant's theme style.

key	HEX	RGB	RGBA
background
border
border.disabled
border.focused
border.selected
border.transparent
border.variant
conflict
created
deleted
drop_target.background
editor.active_line_number
editor.active_line.background
editor.active_wrap_guide
editor.background
editor.document_highlight.bracket_background
editor.document_highlight.read_background
editor.document_highlight.write_background
editor.foreground
editor.gutter.background
editor.highlighted_line.background
editor.indent_guide
editor.indent_guide_active
editor.invisible
editor.line_number
editor.subheader.background
editor.wrap_guide
element.active
element.background
element.disabled
element.hover
element.selected
elevated_surface.background
error
ghost_element.active
ghost_element.background
ghost_element.disabled
ghost_element.hover
ghost_element.selected
hidden
hint
icon
icon.accent
icon.disabled
icon.muted
icon.placeholder
ignored
info
info.background
link_text.hover
modified
panel.background
player.0.background
player.0.cursor
player.0.selection
player.1.background
player.1.cursor
player.1.selection
player.2.background
player.2.cursor
player.2.selection
player.3.background
player.3.cursor
player.3.selection
player.4.background
player.4.cursor
player.4.selection
player.5.background
player.5.cursor
player.5.selection
player.6.background
player.6.cursor
player.6.selection
player.7.background
player.7.cursor
player.7.selection
predictive
renamed
scrollbar.thumb.active_background
scrollbar.thumb.background
scrollbar.thumb.hover_background
scrollbar.track.background
scrollbar.track.border
search.match_background
status_bar.background
success
surface.background
tab_bar.background
tab.active_background
tab.inactive_background
terminal.ansi.black
terminal.ansi.blue
terminal.ansi.bright_black
terminal.ansi.bright_blue
terminal.ansi.bright_cyan
terminal.ansi.bright_green
terminal.ansi.bright_magenta
terminal.ansi.bright_red
terminal.ansi.bright_white
terminal.ansi.bright_yellow
terminal.ansi.cyan
terminal.ansi.green
terminal.ansi.magenta
terminal.ansi.red
terminal.ansi.white
terminal.ansi.yellow
terminal.background
terminal.bright_foreground
terminal.dim_foreground
terminal.foreground
text
text.accent
text.disabled
text.muted
text.placeholder
title_bar.background
title_bar.inactive_background
toolbar.background
unreachable
version_control.added
version_control.deleted
version_control.modified
warning

syntax

Syntax capture colors from the theme style. Italic and bold are not listed — the preview above shows them in the code.

capture	HEX	RGB	RGBA
comment

settings.json

Search for "Monochromator" in the Zed extensions store, then paste the settings below.

{
  "theme": {
    "mode": "system",
    "light": "Monochromator Light",
    "dark": "Monochromator Dark"
  }
}

Theme file