# Xoria256m color scheme


I recently came across [solarized](http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized). 
I started to use it immediately
for vim and mutt, but after a few days the low contrast of the color scheme
started to annoy me. Oh and btw, I'm red/green color blind.

I went searching and found "xoria256" a color scheme suited for 256 color
terminal and a dark background. There is even a Ubuntu/Debian package
for it: `vim-scripts`. Unlike solarized it doesn't come with a custom palette, just
use Tango in gnome-terminal (or whatever your favorite is).

But of course I wasn't completely happy with it as I wanted some more
blue-ish colors in there.

So tweaked it a little, and this is the result:

<a href="/images/2011/vim-xoria256.png"><img width="400px"
src="images/2011/vim-xoria256.png" title="Xoria256m with VIM" /></a>

I've also ported it over to mutt, so that it has a matching color theme.

* [Download the vim color scheme](/downloads/2011/xoria256.vim);
* [Download mutt color scheme](/downloads/2011/color-xoria).

Note: I haven't changed the name of the color scheme, but it should be
called something different, xoria256m or something. It is also still a
work-in-progress, I will probably open a git repository on github soonish.