README.md

Light Theme for Color Blind People

This is a VSCode color theme for partially color-blind people.

The actual coloring follows these guidelines:

• Do not use many colors
  • As the number of color increases, it gets harder and harder to distinguish them instantly.
• Do not use vague colors
  • Vague colors are also hard to distinguish.
• Use blue (#0000FF) for keywords-like values
  • In addition to strict reserved keywords such as if and function, keyword-ish values can be blue. For example, in HTML, tag names should be blue since they are the most keyword-ish values in typical HTML files.
• Use red (#FF0000) for literal-like values
  • As blues could be used for non-strict keyword values, red could be used for non-strict literal values as well.
• Use grey for comments
• Use black (#000000) as the default foreground color
• Use white (#FFFFFF) as the default background color
• Make chunks of colors
  • Large chunk of a color is easier to distinguish than a single character with the same color applied.
• Never use green
  • For most partially color-blind people, green and red are the most conflicting pair.