stripes.nvim

A Neovim colorscheme inspired by retro endurance kit design — matte black, graphite panels, and warm horizontal sunset stripes.

The palette draws inspiration from:

• matte black trisuit fabric
• warm gold-to-red retro stripe bands
• premium minimalist athletic styling
• 1980s throwback graphics
• restrained high-contrast UI design

The goal is a dark, clean, premium editing experience with sunset stripe accents and a subtle retro-sport aesthetic.

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Style

stripes.nvim is built around a simple visual hierarchy:

• matte black / graphite backgrounds
• soft cream foreground text
• gold / amber / orange / red accents
• minimal but bold contrast
• clean, premium, retro-athletic vibe

It aims to feel more like a high-end throwback kit design than a noisy neon retro theme.

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Installation

lazy.nvim

Install from GitHub

{
  "your-username/stripes.nvim",
  priority = 1000,
}

Then enable it with:

vim.cmd.colorscheme("stripes")

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Local development

{
  dir = "~/path/to/stripes.nvim",
  name = "stripes.nvim",
  priority = 1000,
}

Then:

vim.cmd.colorscheme("stripes")

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Example Usage

:colorscheme stripes

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Palette Preview

Role	Hex
Background	#111214
Background Alt	#181a1d
Background Soft	#22252a
Foreground	#efe7d7
Gold	#d8c05f
Yellow	#cfa646
Amber	#c98a35
Orange	#bd6330
Red	#a33d2e
Burgundy	#7d2d29
Blue	#5f7891
Cyan	#5f8f95
Green	#6d8458

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Philosophy

This theme avoids:

• harsh neon retro palettes
• overly saturated synthwave colors
• noisy rainbow syntax

Instead it favors:

• dark premium surfaces
• soft cream readability
• restrained warm accents
• subtle cinematic retro styling

The goal is a theme that feels modern, athletic, and nostalgic at the same time.

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Recommended UI

Works well with:

• LazyVim
• Treesitter
• LSP semantic tokens
• Telescope
• blink.cmp
• NvimTree
• indent-blankline / ibl

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Screenshots

(coming soon)

Suggested screenshot files:

• screenshots/stripes-editor.png
• screenshots/stripes-lazyvim.png
• screenshots/stripes-telescope.png

Example markdown once added:

## Editor
![stripes editor](./screenshots/stripes-editor.png)

## Dashboard
![stripes dashboard](./screenshots/stripes-lazyvim.png)

## Telescope
![stripes telescope](./screenshots/stripes-telescope.png)

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Repo Structure

stripes.nvim/
├── README.md
├── colors/
│   └── stripes.lua
└── lua/
    └── stripes/
        ├── highlights.lua
        ├── init.lua
        └── palette.lua

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Optional Setup

require("stripes").setup({
  transparent = false,
  italic_comments = true,
})

Then load the theme:

vim.cmd.colorscheme("stripes")

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Future Ideas

Possible additions:

• stripes-carbon variant
• stripes-sunset variant
• alternate brighter stripe accents
• transparent background option
• lualine integration
• Ghostty / Kitty / Alacritty matching terminal palette

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Built for people who like their editor to feel like a retro performance machine.