Emacs: doric-themes version 1.3.0
These are my minimalist themes. They use few colours and will appear mostly monochromatic in many contexts. Styles involve the careful use of typography, such as italics and bold italics.
If you want maximalist themes in terms of colour, check my ef-themes
package. For something in-between, which I would consider the best
“default theme” for a text editor, opt for my modus-themes.
- Package name (GNU ELPA):
doric-themes - Sample pictures: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/doric-themes-pictures
- Git repository: https://github.com/protesilaos/doric-themes
- Backronym: Doric Only Really Intensifies Conservatively … themes.
Below are the release notes.
Version 1.3.0 on 2026-09-04
New theme screenshots
All sample images are updated to the current version and cover all the Doric themes: https://protesilaos.com/emacs/doric-themes-pictures.
New doric-lilac and doric-borage themes
I drew inspiration for both themes from plants that exist around my
house. They both use the same colours in different shades and
sequence. doric-lilac has a light background while doric-borage
has a dark background.
More commands to load a theme
The commands doric-themes-rotate-light and doric-themes-rotate-dark
are convenience wrappers of doric-themes-rotate. As their name
suggests, they are restricted to one kind of theme in the collection.
Similarly, doric-themes-load-random-light and doric-themes-load-random-dark
are variants of doric-themes-load-random.
Thanks to Lucas Jiménez for making this suggestion in issue 28: https://github.com/protesilaos/doric-themes/issues/28.
Broader face coverage
The following packages have some new faces or I tweaked them to look better with the rest of the theme.
completion-previewelfeedercflymakegnusmu4equery-replace
Minor refinements to palette values
I made several small tweaks to several themes. The changes are probably too fine to notice or they should now look correct enough to be unnoticeable.