update-theme

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Update the Warm Graphite color theme for lsd and vivid terminal tools. Use when modifying colors, refreshing the palette, or adjusting file type styling.

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Update lsd/vivid Theme

Update the Warm Graphite theme for lsd and vivid.

References

lsd: https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd
vivid: https://github.com/sharkdp/vivid
vivid themes: https://github.com/sharkdp/vivid/tree/master/themes

Getting Documentation

Clone repos for reference when needed:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lsd-rs/lsd.git /tmp/lsd-repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sharkdp/vivid.git /tmp/vivid-repo

Key reference files:

/tmp/lsd-repo/doc/samples/colors-sample.yaml - lsd color config example
/tmp/lsd-repo/doc/colors.md - lsd color documentation
/tmp/vivid-repo/themes/ - vivid theme examples

File Locations

Master files (edit these):

lsd/colors.yaml - UI metadata colors (user, group, permissions, dates, git status)
lsd/config.yaml - lsd layout and behavior settings
vivid/themes/warm-graphite.yml - file type colors via LS_COLORS

Installed locations:

~/.config/lsd/colors.yaml
~/.config/lsd/config.yaml
~/.config/vivid/themes/warm-graphite.yml

Color Palette (ANSI 256)

Code	Name	Hex	Used For
140	mauve	`#af87d7`	user, symlinks, renamed (lavender)
243	gray	`#767676`	group, unmodified
245	light gray	`#8a8a8a`	permissions, older dates
240	dark gray	`#585858`	no-access, ignored, tree-edge
223	peach	`#ffd7af`	hour-old dates, highlights
174	rose	`#d78787`	day-old dates, media (salmon)
186	tan	`#d7d787`	large files, markup (chartreuse)
107	sage	`#87af5f`	executables, git new, source code (lime)
178	gold	`#d7af00`	git modified, config, archives (cleaner)
173	coral	`#d7875f`	errors, deleted, conflicts (terracotta)
73	teal	`#5fafaf`	directories, links, tooling (richer)

Workflow

Edit the master files in this repo
Install: just install
Reload: source ~/.zshrc
Test: just test
Commit changes to git if satisfied

Testing Colors

To verify ANSI codes are being applied correctly (since terminal output may strip colors):

lsd -la --color=always | head -3 | cat -v

This shows raw ANSI escape codes like ^[[38;5;251m (color 251) so you can verify the config is loaded.

Color Formats

lsd colors.yaml: ANSI 256 codes (numbers) or named colors
vivid warm-graphite.yml: Hex colors without # prefix (e.g., "d7af5f")

Common Tasks

Change a specific color

Find the element in the appropriate file
Update the color code/hex value
Run just install && source ~/.zshrc && just test

Add a new accent color to vivid

Add to colors: section in warm-graphite.yml
Reference it in the appropriate category (core, text, programming, etc.)