base16-vim VS vim-solarized8

I use base16 to synchronize theming between my shell and nvim. I'm currently switching between base16-gruvbox-dark-hard and base16-dracula (gallery).

I prefer to use base16-shell to set my terminal colors and then https://github.com/base16-project/base16-vim to automatically apply that colorscheme to vim, keeping them in sync. Solarized is one of the available themes withing base16.

" NEOVIDE CONFIG let g:neovide_refresh_rate=60 let g:neovide_transparency=0.9 let g:neovide_remember_window_size=v:true let g:neovide_cursor_trail_length=1 let g:neovide_cursor_animation_length=0.05 " PLUGIN call plug#begin('~/.local/share/nvim/plugged') Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline' Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes' Plug 'https://github.com/base16-project/base16-vim' Plug 'https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8' Plug 'https://github.com/iCyMind/NeoSolarized' Plug 'https://github.com/flrnprz/plastic.vim' Plug 'https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox' call plug#end() " GENERAL? cd $HOME/Documents set clipboard+=unnamed,unnamedplus set mouse=a set relativenumber filetype on filetype plugin on filetype indent on " GUI NATIVE colorscheme base16-atelier-seaside set background=dark set noshowmode set guifont=Cascadia\ Mono:h10 " AIRLINE "AirlineTheme base16_atelier_seaside let g:airline_theme='base16_atelier_seaside' let g:airline_solarized_bg='dark'

I use https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8. Light mode for the win. I only turn on dark mode when it's ... dark, shocking.

You need a theme that supports true colors (by defining guifg guibg attributes for each syntax item). I use this one https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8.

Solarized obviously https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8

" NEOVIDE CONFIG let g:neovide_refresh_rate=60 let g:neovide_transparency=0.9 let g:neovide_remember_window_size=v:true let g:neovide_cursor_trail_length=1 let g:neovide_cursor_animation_length=0.05 " PLUGIN call plug#begin('~/.local/share/nvim/plugged') Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline' Plug 'vim-airline/vim-airline-themes' Plug 'https://github.com/base16-project/base16-vim' Plug 'https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8' Plug 'https://github.com/iCyMind/NeoSolarized' Plug 'https://github.com/flrnprz/plastic.vim' Plug 'https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox' call plug#end() " GENERAL? cd $HOME/Documents set clipboard+=unnamed,unnamedplus set mouse=a set relativenumber filetype on filetype plugin on filetype indent on " GUI NATIVE colorscheme base16-atelier-seaside set background=dark set noshowmode set guifont=Cascadia\ Mono:h10 " AIRLINE "AirlineTheme base16_atelier_seaside let g:airline_theme='base16_atelier_seaside' let g:airline_solarized_bg='dark'

If PuTTY supports truecolor, try some tests from this https://github.com/termstandard/colors, next question is which solarized plugin are you using? It matters, because they have different options you can tweak. By far the easiest in terms of compatibility is https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8

I changed from neosolarized to solarized8 for a similar reason.

https://github.com/jsit/toast.vim at daylight and https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8 at night. Of course, i made some little adjusts for my necessary. They are the only ones that my eyes feel comfortable when working constantly for a long time :)))

Trying to get the fallback version of this colorscheme https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8

Also coming from a practical point of view, I am using the Solarized Dark theme, specifically the high-contrast version here: https://github.com/lifepillar/vim-solarized8 It is relatively easy on the eyes, and doesn't look too awful.