Color theme inspired by Sakya Monastery thangka paintings and Tibetan Buddhist art. Like a black thangka (Nag-thang) — gold lines of enlightened form emerging from the void.
Named Dorje after Vajrapani, whose blue-black hue forms one of the three sacred stripes on Sakya Monastery walls.
Preview
Color Logic
Every color traces back to Tibetan Buddhist iconography and traditional thangka mineral pigments, calibrated against spectrophotometer measurements.
Code Element
Color
Pigment
Buddhist Meaning
keyword
Gser (gold) #D2B450
24K gold powder
Most sacred, applied last
function
Ngonpo (blue) #5B8AB8
Azurite
Akshobhya · Dharmadhatu wisdom
string
Ljangkhu (green) #527559
Malachite
Amoghasiddhi · All-accomplishing
type
Karpo (white) #EFE2BE
Lead white
Vairochana · Mirror-like wisdom
comment
Serpo (yellow) #A09058
Orpiment
Ratnasambhava · Equality
error
Mtshal (red) #BB4441
Cinnabar (HgS)
Amitabha · Discriminating
number
Likhri (orange) #E85600
Minium (Pb3O4)
Fixed patterns
operator
Spangma (green) #527559
Malachite
Copper carbonate
decorator
Metok (pink) #C88090
Lac dye + chalk
Lotus flower pink
Why Gold for Keywords?
In thangka painting, gold is the last pigment applied and the most sacred. In code, keywords are the structural skeleton. Gold appears sparingly but unmistakably.
Install
Ctrl+Shift+P → Extensions: Install from VSIX... → Select Sakya Dorje from Color Theme.
