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Pale Fire

Author: Samad AhmedThemes in extension: 6

A faithful Pale Fire and Zenburn-inspired theme family with broad syntax coverage and carefully tested Ruby support.

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Color themes

Zed preview

macOS Zed window using this variant's theme style.

colors

UI color keys from this variant's theme style.

keyHEXRGBRGBA
accents
background
border
border.disabled
border.focused
border.selected
border.transparent
border.variant
conflict
conflict.background
conflict.border
created
created.background
created.border
deleted
deleted.background
deleted.border
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
error.background
error.border
ghost_element.active
ghost_element.background
ghost_element.disabled
ghost_element.hover
ghost_element.selected
hidden
hidden.background
hidden.border
hint
hint.background
hint.border
icon
icon.accent
icon.disabled
icon.muted
icon.placeholder
ignored
ignored.background
ignored.border
info
info.background
info.border
link_text.hover
modified
modified.background
modified.border
pane_group.border
pane.focused_border
panel.background
panel.focused_border
panel.indent_guide
panel.indent_guide_active
panel.indent_guide_hover
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
predictive.background
predictive.border
renamed
renamed.background
renamed.border
scrollbar.thumb.background
scrollbar.thumb.border
scrollbar.thumb.hover_background
scrollbar.track.background
scrollbar.track.border
search.active_match_background
search.match_background
status_bar.background
success
success.background
success.border
surface.background
tab_bar.background
tab.active_background
tab.inactive_background
terminal.ansi.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.dim_black
terminal.ansi.dim_blue
terminal.ansi.dim_cyan
terminal.ansi.dim_green
terminal.ansi.dim_magenta
terminal.ansi.dim_red
terminal.ansi.dim_white
terminal.ansi.dim_yellow
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
unreachable.background
unreachable.border
warning
warning.background
warning.border

syntax

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

captureHEXRGBRGBA
attribute
boolean
class
comment
comment.doc
comment.documentation
concept
constant
constant.builtin
constant.numeric
constructor
decorator
diff
diff.delta
diff.minus
diff.plus
embedded
emphasis
emphasis.strong
enum
function
function.annotation
function.builtin
function.call
function.decorator
function.definition
function.macro
function.method
function.method.builtin
function.method.definition
function.special
hint
interface
keyword
keyword.conditional
keyword.control
keyword.control.conditional
keyword.control.repeat
keyword.control.return
keyword.directive
keyword.exception
keyword.function
keyword.import
keyword.modifier
keyword.operator
keyword.preproc
keyword.repeat
keyword.return
label
lifetime
link_text
link_uri
macro
module
namespace
number
operator
predictive
preproc
primary
property
property.definition
punctuation
punctuation.bracket
punctuation.delimiter
punctuation.list_marker
punctuation.special
string
string.doc
string.escape
string.format
string.regex
string.regexp
string.special
string.special.path
string.special.symbol
struct
symbol
tag
tag.doctype
text.literal
title
type
type.alias
type.builtin
type.class
type.class.definition
type.definition
type.enum
type.enum.definition
type.enum.member
type.event
type.interface
type.interface.definition
type.parameter
type.parameter.definition
type.primitive
type.struct
type.struct.definition
type.super
type.trait
type.union
unresolvedReference
unsafe
variable
variable.builtin
variable.member
variable.mutable
variable.parameter
variable.parameter.keyword
variable.special
variable.special.instance
variant

settings.json

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

{
  "theme": {
    "mode": "system",
    "light": "Pale Fire Light",
    "dark": "Pale Fire"
  }
}

Theme file