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+##
+## reeder theme
+## a light theme inspired after https://github.com/hyspace/st2-reeder-theme
+##
+
+%sh{
+    white="rgb:f9f8f6"
+    white_light="rgb:f6f5f0"
+    black="rgb:383838"
+    black_light="rgb:635240"
+    grey_dark="rgb:c6b0a4"
+    grey_light="rgb:e8e8e8"
+    brown_dark="rgb:af4609"
+    brown_light="rgb:baa188"
+    brown_lighter="rgb:f0e7df"
+    orange="rgb:fc7302"
+    orange_light="rgb:f88e3b"
+    green="rgb:438047"
+    green_light="rgb:7ba84d"
+    red="rgb:f03c3c"
+
+    # Base color definitions
+    echo "
+        # then we map them to code
+        face value      ${orange_light}+b
+        face type       ${orange}
+        face identifier default
+        face string     ${green}
+        face error      ${red},${grey_light}
+        face keyword    ${brown_dark}
+        face operator   default
+        face attribute  ${green}
+        face comment    ${brown_light}
+        face meta       ${brown_dark}
+
+        # and markup
+        face title      ${orange}+b
+        face header     ${orange}+b
+        face bold       default+b
+        face italic     default+i
+        face mono       ${green_light}
+        face block      ${green}
+        face link       ${orange}
+        face bullet     ${brown_dark}
+        face list       ${black}
+
+        # and built in faces
+        face Default            ${black_light},${white}
+        face PrimarySelection   ${black},${brown_lighter}
+        face SecondarySelection ${black_light},${grey_light}
+        face PrimaryCursor      ${black},white
+        face SecondaryCursor    ${black},white
+        face LineNumbers        ${grey_dark},${white}
+        face LineNumberCursor   ${grey_dark},${brown_lighter}
+        face MenuForeground     ${orange},${black}
+        face MenuBackground     default,${black}
+        face MenuInfo           default,${black}
+        face Information        ${black_light},${brown_lighter}
+        face Error              default,${red}
+        face StatusLine         ${black},${grey_light}
+        face StatusLineMode     ${orange}
+        face StatusLineInfo     ${black}+b
+        face StatusLineValue    ${green_light}
+        face StatusCursor       ${orange},${white_light}
+        face Prompt             ${black_light}
+        face MatchingChar       default+b
+    "
+}