Prot16 is a collection of 16-colour-palette schemes. These consist of 8 base values, divided by two groups into 'light' and 'dark', plus 8 accent values which remain constant across light and dark instantiations. The idea is to easily transition from light to dark while retaining the same feel. The accents are variants of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet, and magenta.
This is the master repository of all the items I have developed. Each directory covers a specific colour scheme. It contains files related to the various ports that are available.
For specific use cases, please refer to the relevant GitHub project:
- Prot16 Builder (an npm tool to build themes on demand)
- Prot16 Data (colour values and colour mapping for each theme)
- Prot16 Vim (themes for Vim GUI and terminal)
- Prot16 Vim Airline (themes for the vim-airline plugin)
- Prot16 XFCE4 Terminal (themes for the XFCE4 terminal emulator)
- Prot16 URXVT (themes for the URXVT terminal)
- Prot16 for Jekyll/Rouge (syntax highlighting for Jekyll websites)
- Prot16 Atom index (a list with the Atom editor ports)
Choosing a theme is up to personal preference. The following list can help you find what you are looking for, though note that these are general descriptions rather than precise facts.
For a live demo, see each theme under https://protesilaos.com/schemes
Theme name - level of contrast - short description
Alto - medium - neutral, almost generic palette
Archaic - high - vibrant, warm palette
Bionis - medium - vibrant, blue-purple hints with warm accents
Blau - medium - neutral, slightly blue-ish tones
Camo - medium - relaxed, subdued, earthly colours
Caprice - high - vibrant, cold purple-ish palette
Cyprium - low - very opinionated, subdued landscape colours
Equinox - high - vibrant, cold blue-ish palette
Ficus - high - very opinionated, bright and colourful
Flowerbed -medium - relaxed, cyan-ish palette
Fortuna - high - very opinionated, bright and refreshing
Gaia - low - relaxed, subdued, natural, slightly cold tones
Hinterland - medium - vibrant, landscape colours
Hyperion - high - vibrant, neutral palette
Magus - medium - very opinionated, warm palette
Nefelio - high - very opinionated, bright and colourful
Neptune - medium - neutral, slightly cold colours
Noir - low - opinionated, subdued, slightly warm colours
Ocarina - medium - vibrant, slightly green-ish tones
Oliveira - medium - relaxed, slightly subdued natural colours
Orionis - low - neutral, slightly teal-ish tones
Overgrowth - high - very opinionated, warm and bright tones
Playa - low - relaxed, slightly cyan-ish and warm tones
Seabed - low - very opinionated, subdued, dark-blue-ish tones
Sonho - high - very opinionated, warm colours with a pop style
Symbiosis - high - vibrant, almost generic palette
Termina - low - neutral, subdued earthly colours
Vin - medium - vibrant, fruity tones
Your input is most welcome. Are you using any of these colour schemes with a terminal emulator or some other application? Feel free to issue a pull request to include it herein.
You can contact me in advance if you need any further information.
- metalelf0 for all the iTerm2 ports, plus the
/utils/build/prot16_to_iterm2.rbscript.
I was greatly inspired in my work by Ethan Schoonover's Solarized. My colour schemes follow his design philosophy of a 16-colour palette that can easily transition from a light to a dark variant.
The label "Prot16" is a play on my nickname and Chris Kempson's Base16.