Any plans for `light` color scheme?

[kwonoj]

I am super interested to purchase but I use light theme in general, so bit hesitate to do so. Just curious if there's plan for it.

[bpasero]

I would also like to see a light theme. Good work btw, impressive theme 👍

[ghost]

+1 for a light theme.

[Monokai]

I have tried, but wasn't happy with the results yet. I will try again if there are more thumbs up.

[coltborg]

+1 for a light theme. I'm currently using Monokai Light Theme in the mean time.

I need a light theme for when I present code on a tv or projector. I use the normal Monokai Pro theme for day to day coding.

[hrvoj3e]

+1 for Light variations

[fmt-Println-MKO]

maybe a mix of monokai and solarized light.

I prefer the different colors of monokai, but on the other hand for solarized light colors are not stressing the eyes. Thats maybe why a monokai colors on the solarized light background could be the best of both.

[mrmurphy]

I paid for the dark version, and I'd probably pay again for a light version. I sit near windows now in the office, and it's harder to see the screen with the dark colors during the day.

[sgarcia-dev]

Any possible follow up this @Monokai ? 😄

100% what @splodingsocks said, I also sit near very bright windows and while I vastly prefer Dark overall in most scenarios, even on my bright monitors, dark themes are impossible to read, which make me settle for usually mediocre looking light themes. If someone can make an incredible Light theme, it's probably you 💪

[lednhatkhanh]

Just bought this theme, amazing work so far!! I also would like to see a light variant for this!

[blaflamme]

Any follow up on this topic? There's a huge need for a good looking and well crafted light theme and I think it could be the one !

[hsiktas]

VSCode 1.42 now has a nice feature where it can follow the light/dark theme from the OS. It would be great to have a light variant of Monokai Pro so that we can let it change during the day according to sunrise/sunset.

[alexylon]

When I work during the day I use light theme as I sit near big windows. It would be much better solution if the light theme matches the design of the dark one. In this way the product would be all around. This gorgeous themes deserves to be complete.

[we3geeks]

+1 for a light version

[pkazmier]

Agreed, a light version would be awesome as well. This is, by far, my favorite VSCode theme. The author, obviously, has great taste in design. I would love to see his/her take on a light version as well for the reasons stated by others above.

[vbasky]

Any plans for the light version ? I have licenses for both Sublime and VSCode and I would like to use Monokai Pro as default on both, wish it has light theme to sync along with OS theme

[faeb5]

I recently bought the VS-Code license and I'm very happy with it, though I would also wish that there was a light version of this theme for daylight usage.

[mtin79]

+1 for light theme

[viktor-yakubiv]

I support the idea of the light theme and colour scheme along with other commenters of this issue 👍

I came here from Sublime Text community. Since Sublime Text 4 introduced automatic theme switching depending on the system settings I started being curious if it possible to have favourite theme with light colours.

I share the struggles @Monokai had trying to adapt the colour scheme to the light mode. It's quite difficult to make the theme look as pleasant to the eye as the dark one is. Also, there are different accents which have to be ported too. I tried darkening colours with Eva Colour Tool and theme overrides also introduced in the Sublime Text 4. Here is my result:

I found, slightly darken yellowish background from the monokai.pro website look peaceful, makes other colours sharper a bit. However, the colour scheme is full of yellow which is perhaps impossible to look good and clean on light background and being legible in the same time.

Here is my replacement map if this helps anybody:

red:    #ff6188 -> #b7306c
orange: #fc9867 -> #d8704b
yellow: #ffd866 -> #dbb24a
green:  #a9dc76 -> #639e3b
blue:   #78dce8 -> #3c8aa7
purple: #ab9df2 -> #5b4fae

background:         #2d2a2e -> #fbf5e8
foreground:         #fcfcfa -> #2c292d
selection:          #403e41 -> #f3ead3
selection_border:   #403e41 -> #d7c7a9

[sschuhmann]

Any updates on this?

[viktor-yakubiv]

Interesting that I stopped using Monokai Pro finding the Sublime Text 4 themes: Breakers (light) and Mariana (dark), — working okay to me with no additional setup. Also, they switch automatically based on the systems settings, what also was a nice benefit.

When Sublime Text 4 arrived I started using Monokai Pro as a dark only and the Breakers for the daytime. So, switching from Monokai completely was a logical next step. However, I don't say, I will not start using Monokai again; maybe even try find good light colours for the light one I wrote before (yellow is a challenge though).

[jakintosh]

I spent some time trying to migrate my preferred variant (Spectrum) to a macOS light mode for vscode. Just wanted to show an example of what it looks like for me (even if some might hate how bright it is!). I've personally paid for the license, but I won't be sharing this alteration directly so as to not break the terms. Just wanted to throw my experience in for having an official/sharable light mode for this theme that I use across my IDEs and terminals.

[vbasky]

This looks awesome @jakintosh as you said it would be good if we can tone down the colour palette by using more moderate colours. Otherwise this looks awesome. I wish Monokai Pro will consider to incorporate this

[vteivans]

I would also like to have the light theme. I like to switch between light and dark theme during the light and dark hours of the day.