Monochromator

A simple monochrome theme for Visual Studio Code

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If you also get a headache from the color fiasco of mainstream color schemes, then this extension is just for you. Too many colors distract you from thinking clearly.

Following two variants are included: Monochromator Dark and Monochromator Light, both of which have an additional three versions that change the standard blue to orange (Amber), green (Emerald) or red (Ruby).

Additionally, if you are working under GNOME, this theme will fit very well into the overall desktop environment.

(Font: Adwaita Mono)

Download

The extension can be downloaded from Open VSX or the Actions tab.

Building from source

Make sure that the npm package vsce is installed. If not, do the following:

npm install -g @vscode/vsce

Clone the repository:

git clone https://codeberg.org/beem/monochromator.git
cd monochromator

Build the .vsix file:

vsce package

Installation

⚠️ 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).

code --install-extension monochromator-*.vsix

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:

• Open an issue on the Codeberg repo

When you do, it would be super helpful if you could include:

• Which language you were using
• 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.