A family of themes inspired by Aboriginal art, as featured at the Spirit Gallery Store in the Argyle Centre, The Rocks, Sydney:
- Spirit Gallery — warm charcoal backgrounds with orange, gold, aqua and silver accents.
- Spirit Gallery Rainforest — deep green backgrounds dominated by green, highlighted with aqua, lime and yellow.
- Spirit Gallery Sea Country — deep-ocean backgrounds with a turquoise signature, plus ocean-blue, seagrass green and coral reef pops.
- Spirit Gallery Sea Country Light — the same reef palette on a pale aqua-blue canvas (the extension's first light theme).
Spirit Gallery
Spirit Gallery Rainforest
Spirit Gallery Sea Country
Spirit Gallery Sea Country Light
Install
In VS Code: open Quick Open (Cmd/Ctrl+P), paste and run:
ext install velvary.spirit-theme
Or search "Spirit Gallery" in the Extensions panel. Then pick a variant with
Cmd/Ctrl+K Cmd/Ctrl+T → Spirit Gallery, Spirit Gallery Rainforest, Spirit Gallery Sea Country or Spirit Gallery Sea Country Light.
Also available on Open VSX for VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf and Gitpod.
Palettes
Spirit Gallery
| Role | Colour | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Background (editor) | warm charcoal | #1c1a17 |
| Background (chrome) | near-black | #161412 |
| Foreground | silver | #d6cfc4 |
| Keywords / tags / cursor | orange | #f0883e |
| Burnt orange (accent) | rust | #d9622e |
| Strings / attributes | gold | #e3b44a / #e8c14a |
| Types / classes | bright yellow | #f0c040 |
| Functions / escapes / links | aqua | #5fd3c4 |
| Properties | soft aqua | #9fd9c9 |
| Error | gallery red | #e0533d |
Spirit Gallery Rainforest
| Role | Colour | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Background (editor) | deep green | #121a15 |
| Background (chrome) | near-black green | #0e1410 |
| Foreground | pale sage | #c6d2c2 |
| Keywords / tags / cursor | green | #57c98a |
| Functions / escapes / links | aqua | #4fd6c0 |
| Strings | lime | #9bd35a |
| Types / attributes / active | bright lime | #cfe05a |
| Numbers / constants / decorators | yellow | #e3d24a |
| Properties | soft aqua | #8fdccb |
| Error | warm red | #e0664d |
Spirit Gallery Sea Country
| Role | Colour | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Background (editor) | deep ocean | #0a1a24 |
| Background (chrome) | abyss | #071219 |
| Foreground | sea foam | #c8dfe8 |
| Keywords / tags / cursor | turquoise | #2ec6d8 |
| Functions | ocean blue | #55b3f2 |
| Strings | seagrass | #4fd6a0 |
| Escapes / links / active | foam cyan | #6fe8dc |
| Types / attributes | coral | #ff8266 |
| Numbers / constants / decorators | sunlit gold | #ffce5c |
| Properties | soft aqua | #7fdcd0 |
| Error | reef red | #ff6b5c |
Spirit Gallery Sea Country Light
| Role | Colour | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Background (editor) | pale aqua-blue | #e4f3f9 |
| Background (chrome) | shallows | #d3ebf3 |
| Foreground | deep sea ink | #133b47 |
| Keywords / tags | deep turquoise | #0d8f9c |
| Functions / links | ocean blue | #2072c0 |
| Strings | reef green | #1f9d6b |
| Escapes | teal | #0aa0a8 |
| Types / attributes | coral | #cf5236 |
| Numbers / constants | amber | #b07a12 |
| Properties | teal | #0b8290 |
| Error | red | #c8382a |
The gallery
These themes take their colours from the Aboriginal art at the Spirit Gallery in the Argyle Centre, The Rocks, Sydney.
Contributing / local development
Open this folder in VS Code and press F5 to launch an Extension Development
Host, then pick a theme there. To build a .vsix:
npx @vscode/vsce package
License
MIT