Quasarized.Zed

A modified color scheme extension for Zed editor based on Solarized with 4 additional colors for better readability.

Features

Four more colors

Quasarized is a simple extension of the Solarized color scheme. It adds 4 colors to main tones for better readability and UI components.

• (002b36) was base03 in Solarized
• (073642) was base02 in Solarized
• (421307) NEW (compliment color of Dark3)
• (30525c) NEW
• (586e75) was base01 in Solarized
• (657b83) was base00 in Solarized
• (839496) was base0 in Solarized
• (93a1a1) was base1 in Solarized
• (c1c5bb) NEW
• (eee8d5) was base2 in Solarized
• (d4daee) NEW (compliment color of Light3)
• (fdf6e3) was base3 in Solarized

Dark and light modes are completely symmetric

Flipping assigned colors in main tones gets the other mode. The color assignments are identical between modes.

Color assignments for syntax highlighting

Types in Red, Functions in Cyan, and Variables in Violet. The other elements are assigned to quiet colors. This suits strongly typed languages.

• (d33682) errors
• (dc322f) class, type, struct
• (cb4b16) enum variant, type parameter
• (2aa198) function
• (268bd2) operator
• (6c71c4) variable
• (b58900) namespace, label, constant, attribute, macro
• (859900) keyword, special

Installation

1. Open Zed editor
2. Open the extensions view (Cmd+Shift+X on macOS, Ctrl+Shift+X on Linux/Windows)
3. Search for "Quasarized"
4. Click Install

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/shnarazk/Quasarized.Zed
cd Quasarized.Zed
# Follow Zed extension development instructions

Usage

1. Open Zed settings (Cmd+, on macOS, Ctrl+, on Linux/Windows)
2. Select "Quasarized Dark" or "Quasarized Light" from the theme dropdown

Credits

• Based on Solarized by Ethan Schoonover
• Inspired by Zed Legacy Themes
• Adapted from Quasarized for Helix

License

CC0 1.0 Universal - See LICENSE file for details