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Monokai Rainstorm

Monokai Rainstorm

Michelle Mounde

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A collection of light and dark themes with grey-blue backgrounds, water highlights, and Sweet Dracula Monokai syntax highlighting.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Monokai Rainstorm

🌧️ A collection of themes with grey-blue backgrounds, water highlights & Sweet Dracula Monokai syntax highlighting. Includes light and dark variants.


✨ Theme Previews

☀️ Light Variants

1. Monokai Snow — an almost white blue-grey

Snow

2. Monokai Drizzle — a soft light blue-grey

Drizzle

3. Monokai Dew — a bold light blue-grey

Dew

4. Monokai Mist — a dim light blue-grey

Mist

🌑 Dark Variants

1. Monokai Rain — a soft blue-light-grey

Rain

2. Monokai Storm — a bold blue-light-grey

Storm

3. Monokai Monsoon — a soft blue-dark-grey

Monsoon

4. Monokai Cyclone — a bold blue-dark-grey

Cyclone

5. Monokai Tornado — a dark grey-black

Tornado

6. Monokai Blizzard — a deeper dark-blue

Blizzard

7. Monokai Sleet — a deeper dark-purple

Sleet


📈 Theme Progression

A progression of intensity and contrast, from the brightest day to the deepest storm:

Snow → Drizzle → Dew → Mist → Rain → Storm → Monsoon → Cyclone → Tornado → Blizzard → Sleet


🛠️ Installation

Method 1: The Fast Way

  1. Open Quick Open (Ctrl+P / ⌘P).
  2. Type ext install mimo.monokai-rain.

Method 2: The Manual Way

  1. Open the Extensions view in VS Code.
  2. Search for Monokai Rainstorm.
  3. Click Install.
  4. Select your preferred variant from the picker:
    • Monokai Snow - an almost white blue-grey
    • Monokai Drizzle - a soft light blue-grey
    • Monokai Dew - a bold light blue-grey
    • Monokai Mist - a dim light blue-grey
    • Monokai Rain - a soft blue-light-grey
    • Monokai Storm - a bold blue-light-grey
    • Monokai Monsoon - a soft blue-dark-grey
    • Monokai Cyclone - a bold blue-dark-grey
    • Monokai Tornado - a dark grey-black
    • Monokai Blizzard - a deeper dark-blue
    • Monokai Sleet - a deeper dark-purple

💡 Inspiration

This collection is a blend of several world-class aesthetics:

  • Syntax: Sweet Dracula Monokai
  • Colors: Rainglow (Userscape & Box UK)
  • Highlights: Vidar & Firefly Pro
  • Terminal: Bearded Theme (Vivid Black)
🔍 Rainglow Themes Considered
  1. Userscape (Chosen - Light)
  2. Box UK (Chosen - Dark)
  3. Hub
  4. Rainbow
  5. Pleasure
  6. Joker
  7. Tame
  8. Slime
  9. Isotope
  10. Laracasts

Editor Settings in Preview Screenshot

  1. Font: JetBrains Mono with ligatures
  2. Icons: VSCode Icons

VSCode Editor settings:

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "'JetBrains Mono', 'monospace', monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": true,
  "editor.semanticHighlighting.enabled": true,
  "editor.cursorWidth": 3,
  "editor.renderWhitespace": "boundary",
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active",
  "editor.guides.bracketPairsHorizontal": false,
  "terminal.integrated.minimumContrastRatio": 7,
  "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-icons",
}

Feedback

Feature requests, ideas or bug reports are always welcome. Feel free to send me feedback by opening an issue on Github. All types of feedback are appreciated.

Acknowledgements

  1. Logo designed on LogoMakr
  2. Terminal ansi colors testing with ANSI Colors
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