Velvet Nova

Hey devs, I made Velvet Nova for the kind of coding session where you want your editor to feel sharp, calm, and a little cinematic.

It is a dark VS Code theme with a deep graphite workspace, velvet-violet focus states, cyan highlights, warm strings, and readable diagnostics. The goal is simple: make code feel beautiful without making it noisy.

Why You Might Like It

• A polished dark UI that works across the editor, sidebar, tabs, terminal, search, git, debug, and notifications.
• Bright syntax colors for quick scanning, but still comfortable for long sessions.
• Semantic highlighting support for modern language servers.
• Terminal colors designed to match the editor instead of feeling like a separate world.
• Clear errors, warnings, hints, and git states without harsh neon overload.

Theme Vibe

Velvet Nova is built around a calm graphite editor, cyan function highlights, velvet-violet keywords, warm green strings, amber attributes, and clear pink diagnostics.

I am preparing hosted screenshots and a short demo video so you can preview the theme before installing. For now, the theme package includes local preview artwork in the assets/screenshots folder.

Best With

Velvet Nova is especially nice for:

• TypeScript, JavaScript, and React
• Python, Go, Rust, PHP, and C#
• Markdown, JSON, CSS, and HTML
• Full-stack projects where you live between code, terminal, and git all day

Install

Open the Extensions view in VS Code and search for:

Velvet Nova

Then open the Command Palette and run:

Preferences: Color Theme

Select:

Velvet Nova

Local Development

If you cloned or downloaded this theme:

1. Open the folder in VS Code.
2. Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host.
3. Run Preferences: Color Theme.
4. Select Velvet Nova.

Feedback

If something feels off in a language you use every day, I would genuinely love to hear it. Theme polish comes from real projects, real eyes, and tiny details that only show up after a few hours of coding.

License

MIT