Minimal Monochrome

Four quiet VS Code themes — two fully grayscale, two with a muted slate palette. All share the same minimal UI chrome with soft pastel accents for errors, warnings, git, and terminal.

Monochrome Dark

No syntax color at all. Every token is a shade of gray. Structure comes from contrast alone.

Monochrome Light

The same grayscale approach on a near-white background.

Slate Dark

Heavily inspired by egoist's Slate theme. Adds a restrained slate color palette to syntax tokens — blues, teals, and muted greens — while keeping the same dark UI. Useful when you want some color differentiation without the visual noise of a typical theme.

Slate Light

The slate palette adapted for a light background with higher saturation to maintain readability.

Companion icons

Minimal Monochrome Icons — a matching monochrome icon theme.

Recommended settings

{
  "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": false
}

Bracket colorization adds rainbow colors that clash with both the grayscale and slate themes. Turning it off keeps the feel consistent.

Credits

Monochrome themes ported from tdfirth's Minimal theme for Zed. Slate variants heavily inspired by egoist's Slate theme.

License

MIT