Effects

Dark Melancholy

Dark Neutral

Install

Method 1

After the installation is complete, press ctrl + shift + p to display all command pop-ups, enter Color Theme in the input box, find the option Preferences: Color Theme in the result bar, press Enter, and select the theme with the name starting with Shimmer Theme in the color theme list.

Method 2

Click Manage -> Themes -> Color Theme, and select the theme that starts with Shimmer Theme in the color theme list pop-up window.

Modify color scheme

Click Manage -> Settings -> Open Settings(Json) -> Open Settings (UI) [icon column on the right side of the tab bar] and add the following content to the setting.json file

Example

// setting.json
{
  ...
  "workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    // Current theme name
   "[Shimmer Theme Dark Melancholy]": {
     // Change primary color
     "button.background": "#ff00ff",
     "button.foreground": "#ff00ff",
     "button.hoverBackground": "#ff00ff",
     "inputOption.activeBackground": "#ff00ff",
     "inputOption.activeForeground": "#ff00ff",
     "badge.foreground": "#ff00ff",
     "badge.background": "#ff00ff",
     "progressBar.background": "#ff00ff",
     "activityBar.foreground": "#ff00ff",
     "activityBarBadge.background": "#ff00ff",
     "activityBarBadge.foreground": "#ff00ff",
     "activityBarTop.foreground": "#ff00ff",
     "activityBarTop.activeBorder": "#ff00ff",
     "tab.activeBorderTop": "#ff00ff",
     "editorSuggestWidget.focusHighlightForeground": "#ff00ff",
     "editorSuggestWidget.highlightForeground": "#ff00ff",
     "peekViewTitleLabel.foreground": "#ff00ff",
     "panel.background": "#ff00ff",
     "panel.dropBorder": "#ff00ff",
     "panelTitle.activeBorder": "#ff00ff",
     "panelTitle.activeForeground": "#ff00ff",
     "statusBarItem.remoteHoverForeground": "#ff00ff",
     "breadcrumb.focusForeground": "#ff00ff"
     // other color scheme
   }
  }
}

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Color matching rules

This theme is matched using Adobe Color Accessibility Tools WCAG 2.1 level (AA) and meets color matching level requirements