ColorCode

A VS Code extension that can generate color themes for your workspace! ColorCode is powered by Colormind.io which means themes are randomly generated by a sophisticated algorithm. ColorCode gives you infinitely many themes so you can find the perfect theme for you with just one extension. If you find a theme you like you can save it too. Colormind.io changes the source material for their generator every day so themes will continue to have a different feel to them.

Features

Generate a new theme by running the command 'ColorCode: Generate Theme'.

Save your theme by running the command 'ColorCode: Save Current Theme' and giving your theme a name.

Delete your theme by running the command 'ColorCode: Delete Theme' and supplying the name of a saved theme.

Load a theme by running the command 'ColorCode: Load Theme' and supplying the name of a saved theme.

Installation

1. Install Visual Studio Code
2. Launch Visual Studio Code
3. Choose Extensions from menu
4. Search for ColorCode
5. Click Install to install it
6. Click Reload to reload the Code

Using ColorCode

Once the extension is installed you can test it out by doing the following:

1. From the menu bar click: Code > Preferences > Color Theme > ColorCode
2. From the menu bar click: View > Command Palette
3. From the Command Palette select Color Code: Generate Theme

ColorMind uses different sets of images from the internet to generate it's color palettes. These sets have common categories that change each day. You can see these categories and generate a theme based on that:

1. From the menu bar click: View > Command Palette
2. From the Command Palette select Color Code: Generate Theme By Category
3. Select the name of the category you would like to generate a theme from and hit Enter

Once you have found a theme you like you can save it by doing the following:

1. From the menu bar click: View > Command Palette
2. From the Command Palette select Color Code: Save Current Theme
3. Enter a name for your theme and hit Enter

If you want to reload a theme you can access it by doing the following:

1. From the menu bar click: View > Command Palette
2. From the Command Palette select Color Code: Load Theme
3. Enter the name of the theme you wish to load and hit Enter

If you decide you don't want to keep a theme you can delete it by doing the following:

1. From the menu bar click: View > Command Palette
2. From the Command Palette select Color Code: Delete Theme
3. Enter the name of the theme you wish to delete and hit Enter

If you find a theme you want to share with people you can do the following:

1. From the menu bar click: View > Command Palette
2. From the Command Palette select Color Code: Generate Code From Current Theme
3. Click Copy To Clipboard on the message box
4. Send this code to anyone with whom you wish to share your theme

When you have a theme code you can load it by doing the following:

1. From the menu bar click: View > Command Palette
2. From the Command Palette select Color Code: Read Theme Code
3. Enter the code of the theme you wish to load and hit Enter

Release Notes

1.2.0

• Add the command Generate Theme By Category

• Fix the highlight color to make it easier to distinguish

• Completely refactor the project to increase performance

1.1.0

• Improve the balance and vibrancy of the generated themes

• Only affect the settings relevant to the ColorCode theme (thanks to @ctf0 for their contributions)

1.0.0

• Initial release of ColorCode

Misc

This is my first VS Code extension, so if you find that there are issues with ColorCode then please feel free to file an issue! I'm certain there will be things I missed.

Any relevant changes for each version are documented in the changelog. Please update and check the changelog before filing any issues, as they may have already been taken care of.

This extension will undoubtably produce less thorough and well balanced themes as the many exceptional themes on VS Code. It is intended as a solution to the problem of growing tired of a theme and wanting to freshen up your workspace, without finding and installing a new theme. I hope it brings some color to your development!

Special thanks to Beth Williamson for the awesome logo design!

Contributors

Thanks a lot to:

• @ctf0