Papyrus

Three VS Code color themes built on a metallic-ink-on-paper philosophy — heavy ink weight, low chroma, warm paper backgrounds. Solarized lineage with all blue/purple fringe eliminated.

Themes

Papyrus Inkwell

Iron-black ink on planner cream. The default. Clean and high-contrast without the harshness of pure black-on-white.

Papyrus Foxed Vellum

Iron-gall brown ink on aged vellum. Warmer and dustier — easier on the eyes for long sessions.

Papyrus Noir

Pure-black editor with warm chrome panels. Built for HDR/Dolby Vision and QD-OLED displays — true #000000 background so OLED pixels switch off cleanly.

Papyrus Lamplight

Warm amber ink on near-black. Candlelight on old paper — cozy for long sessions in low light.

Install

Search "Papyrus" in the VS Code Extensions panel, or install via command palette:

ext install SS-inkwright.papyrus

Design notes

• All blues replaced with iron, sepia, or olive tones — eliminates magenta/pink subpixel fringe on QD-OLED panels
• Tuned for both standard monitors and QD-OLED/HDR displays
• Minimal syntax highlighting — lets the code breathe rather than painting every token a different color

License

MIT