Green, Kermit-green, sea-green, they are all here in this blue-green theme.

This theme uses the greatest range of colors outside of the Vibrant Ink them, and approaches, but doesn't reach, a number of primary colors.

He's even got a tool to port color schemes from Visual Studio to SQL Management Studio. Tomas has done a huge amount of work in this space. This earthy theme includes little details like smart fonts and italics. A little intense, but much higher contrast. Note that the white background is more of a paper-colored off-white.ĭave's schema uses a complete black, and a neon blue. One of the few light-colored themes, Jeff's also uses a custom font to make 0 and O stand out. This one bring backs good memories of writing Borland C++ with OWL and Turbovision, with a little Norton Commander thrown in for fun. This is a low-contrast calm schema, but operators and numbers have a little 'pop' to them. When you stumble on a 2005 theme that you want ot use in 2008, Tomas has an XSLT to make the transition smoother.Ī lot of the darker schemes like Oren's don't use a True Black, but an 'off black.' His theme is very low contrast and uses muted, relaxing colors. I also spent a while looking for the perfect font as have others. I switched to a darker scheme a while back, as have many others. You'll want to selectively import just the fonts and colors that you want and avoid importing over your own custom keyboard settings. Note also that some of these settings files you'll find out in the wild may (mistakenly) have Keyboard Bindings included. Remember to always back up your settings so you can get back to the way things were and have no fear when you're changing your settings. Here's a gallery of some nice Visual Studio Themes to refresh your look. It's surprising how changing your theme (fonts, colors, etc.) can re-energize me when I'm having trouble with some problem or motivation. More and more I find myself 'skinning and themeing' my Visual Studio development environment in order to stay frosty. You can create, import and export themes in your browser! UPDATE: for a great growing community of Visual Studio Styles and Themes.

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