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+# palenight theme
+
+# This was ported from https://github.com/drewtempelmeyer/palenight.vim
+
+evaluate-commands %sh{
+    red=rgb:ff5370
+    light_red=rgb:ff869a
+    dark_red=rgb:be5046
+    green=rgb:c3e88d
+    yellow=rgb:ffcb6b
+    dark_yellow=rgb:f78c6c
+    blue=rgb:82b1ff
+    purple=rgb:c792ea
+    cyan=rgb:89ddff
+    white=rgb:bfc7d5
+    black=rgb:292d3e
+    comment_grey=rgb:697098
+    gutter_fg_grey=rgb:4b5263
+    cursor_grey=rgb:2c323c
+    visual_grey=rgb:3e4452
+    menu_grey=rgb:3e4452
+    special_grey=rgb:3b4048
+    vertsplit=rgb:181a1f
+    visual_black=default
+
+    printf "%s\n" "
+    # Code
+    face global value      $dark_yellow
+    face global type       $yellow
+    face global function   $blue
+    face global variable   $blue
+    face global identifier $blue
+    face global string     $green
+    face global error      rgb:c3bf9f+b
+    face global keyword    $purple
+    face global operator   $cyan
+    face global attribute  rgb:eedc82
+    face global comment    $comment_grey+i
+
+    # #include <...>
+    face global meta       $yellow
+
+    # Markup
+    face global title  $blue
+    face global header $cyan
+    face global bold   $red
+    face global italic $yellow
+    face global mono   $green
+    face global block  $purple
+    face global link   $cyan
+    face global bullet $cyan
+    face global list   $yellow
+
+    # Builtin
+    face global Default            $white,$black
+
+    face global PrimarySelection   $black,$white+bfg
+    face global SecondarySelection $black,$white+fg
+
+    face global PrimaryCursor      white,$purple+bfg
+    face global SecondaryCursor    $black,$purple+fg
+
+    face global PrimaryCursorEol   $black,$green+fg
+    face global SecondaryCursorEol $black,$green+fg
+
+    face global LineNumbers        $gutter_fg_grey
+    face global LineNumberCursor   $yellow,default+b
+
+    # Bottom menu:
+    # text + background
+    face global MenuBackground     $black,$white
+    face global MenuForeground     $black,$purple
+
+    # completion menu info
+    face global MenuInfo           $black,$white+i
+
+    # assistant, [+]
+    face global Information        $white,$visual_grey
+
+    face global Error              $white,$red
+    face global StatusLine         $white,$black
+
+    # Status line
+    face global StatusLineMode     $black,$purple      # insert, prompt, enter key ...
+    face global StatusLineInfo     $white,$visual_grey # 1 sel
+    face global StatusLineValue    $visual_grey,$green # param=value, reg=value. ex: \"ey
+    face global StatusCursor       white,$purple+bg
+
+    face global Prompt             $purple,$black # :
+    face global MatchingChar       $red+b         # (), {}
+    face global BufferPadding      $gutter_fg_grey,$black   # EOF tildas (~)
+
+    # Whitespace characters
+    face global Whitespace         $gutter_fg_grey,$black+fg
+    "
+}