Monochromator

A simple monochrome theme for Visual Studio Code

A minimalist color theme that reduces visual distractions for better focus while coding. The extension includes two main variants: Dark and Light. Each variant comes with several additional accent color options: Ruby, Amber, Sulfur, Emerald, Aquamarine, Amethyst, Plain.

Font: Fira Code

Installation

To ensure 100% correct behaviour, it is recommended to add the following to your settings.json:

"editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": false

Download

The extension can be downloaded from Open VSX, the Actions tab or directly in VSCodium.

Building from source

git clone https://codeberg.org/beem/monochromator.git
cd monochromator
npm install
npx vsce package
code --install-extension monochromator-*.vsix

⚠️ Note: Depending on your Code - OSS distribution, the command code could also be named ...

• codium (VSCodium)
• code-insiders (Visual Studio Code Insiders)
• codium-insiders (VSCodium Insiders).

Contributing

As there are so many programming and markup languages out there, it's practically impossible to verify how the highlighting works for each one of them. If you spot something that looks off with the syntax highlighting while using this theme, I'd really appreciate your help :-)

You can help by opening an issue. When you do, please include:

• Which language you were using (and extension if there's no built-in language support)
• What looks wrong to you
• A screenshot if you can
• How (and why) you think it should look instead

License

Copyright © 2025 Josias Beem

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.