Plagx Writer Theme for VS Code

Calm light and dark colour themes for writing in VS Code. Plagx Writer Theme is made for essays, theses, notes and documentation in Markdown, LaTeX and BibTeX, and it works well for code too.

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Themes

Plagx Paper (light)

Warm off-white background with dark ink text, for long writing sessions in daylight.

Plagx Ink (dark)

Soft dark background (not pure black) with warm headings and gentle accents.

Made for writing

• Readable prose: body text is high contrast; colour is kept for structure, so long paragraphs stay calm.
• Clear Markdown: headings, italics, bold, quotes, links, lists and inline code are each distinct, and Markdown punctuation (#, *, >) is dimmed.
• LaTeX and BibTeX: sections, \cite and \ref commands, citation keys, entry types and fields have their own colours.
• Accessible: all text colours meet WCAG AA contrast (4.5:1 or more) against the editor background.
• Gentle code colours: low-saturation strings, keywords and numbers that don't compete with your text.

Install

1. Open Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X) and search for Plagx Writer Theme.
2. Click Install.
3. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P), run Preferences: Color Theme, and choose Plagx Paper or Plagx Ink.

To switch automatically with your system's light and dark mode, add this to your settings:

"window.autoDetectColorScheme": true,
"workbench.preferredLightColorTheme": "Plagx Paper",
"workbench.preferredDarkColorTheme": "Plagx Ink"

Writing tips

These settings pair well with the theme for prose:

"[markdown]": {
  "editor.wordWrap": "on",
  "editor.lineHeight": 26,
  "editor.fontSize": 15,
  "editor.quickSuggestions": { "other": false, "comments": false, "strings": false }
}

For citation, reference list and word-limit checks while you write, try the free Plagx Writing Companion extension.

Building from source

The themes are generated from one colour file, tokens/colors.json, which is shared with the other Plagx Writer themes.

node build.mjs     # writes themes/*.json
npx vsce package   # creates the .vsix

License

MIT © 2026 Plagiarism Checker X