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Knight Dark

Knight Dark

Santosh03G

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A dark, brooding VS Code theme with animated elements. Rise from the shadows.
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Knight Dark

A dark, brooding VS Code theme with animated elements. Rise from the shadows.

Overview

Knight Dark is a carefully crafted dark theme. Every color has been chosen to evoke a moody, noir atmosphere while maintaining excellent readability for long coding sessions.

The theme features a deep black foundation with strategic use of gold and yellow accents.

Features

  • Enhanced Syntax Highlighting: Language-specific coloring for 20+ languages
  • Two Theme Variants: Classic Knight Dark and Knight Dark - Noir (pure black)

Installation

Via VS Code Marketplace

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "Knight Dark"
  4. Click Install

Manual Installation (VSIX)

  1. Download the .vsix file from the releases
  2. Open VS Code
  3. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
  4. Click "Install from VSIX" in the three-dot menu
  5. Select the downloaded .vsix file

Theme Variants

Theme Description
Knight Dark Deep black with gold accents
Knight Dark - Noir Pure black variant for maximum contrast

Color Palette

Hex Code Name Usage
#0A0A0F Void Editor background
#0F0F1A Abyss Sidebar, panels
#14141F Shadow Input fields, dropdowns
#1A1A2E Cave Hover states, selections
#1E1E3A Midnight Active tabs
#FFD700 Gold Primary accent, cursor, badges
#C9A84C Bronze Modified files, decorators
#FF8C00 Amber Warnings, parameters
#4FC3F7 Blue Keywords, control flow
#4DB6AC Teal Functions, methods
#80DEEA Cyan Classes, types
#EF5350 Red Errors, deletions
#F48FB1 Rose Strings
#FFAB40 Orange Numbers, constants
#B0BEC5 Mist Normal text
#78909C Fog Comments (italic)
#546E7A Smoke Line numbers, punctuation

Language Support

Enhanced syntax highlighting for:

  • JavaScript/TypeScript/JSX/TSX
  • Python
  • Rust
  • Go
  • Java, C#, C/C++
  • Swift, Kotlin
  • HTML, CSS, SCSS, Less
  • JSON, YAML, TOML
  • SQL, GraphQL
  • Shell/Bash/Zsh
  • Ruby, PHP, Elixir
  • Lua, Dart
  • Markdown, Docker, Makefile

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details.

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