A new dark theme for Xamarin Studio

Vibrantly Dark.json

{
	"name":"Vibrantly Dark",
	"version":"1.0",
	"description":"A dark theme with vibrant highlights. Inspired by One Dark Vibrant from Atom.",
	"originator":"Frank A. Krueger (@praeclarum)",
	"colors":[
		{"name": "Background(Read Only)", "color":"#2A2A2A" },
		{"name": "Search result background", "color":"#005F60" },
		{"name": "Search result background (highlighted)", "color":"#007F80" },
		{"name": "Fold Square", "color":"#63677F", "secondcolor":"#2A2A2A" },
		{"name": "Fold Cross", "color":"#8F8C7E", "secondcolor":"#2A2A2A" },
		{"name": "Indentation Guide", "color":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Indicator Margin", "color":"#2A2A2A" },
		{"name": "Indicator Margin(Separator)", "color":"#2A2A2A" },
		{"name": "Tooltip Pager Top", "color":"#757575" },
		{"name": "Tooltip Pager Triangle", "color":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Tooltip Pager Text", "color":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Notification Border", "color":"#979792" },
		{"name": "Bookmarks", "color":"#FDD99B", "secondcolor":"#816647" },
		{"name": "Underline(Error)", "color":"#FF0000" },
		{"name": "Underline(Warning)", "color":"#719ECF" },
		{"name": "Underline(Suggestion)", "color":"#4D9A06" },
		{"name": "Underline(Hint)", "color":"#8AE233" },
		{"name": "Quick Diff(Dirty)", "color":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "Quick Diff(Changed)", "color":"#A4E22E" },
		{"name": "Brace Matching(Rectangle)", "color":"#517197", "secondcolor":"#517197" },
		{"name": "Usages(Rectangle)", "color":"#527F99", "secondcolor":"#527F99", "bordercolor":"#527F99" },
		{"name": "Changing usages(Rectangle)", "color":"#996D74", "secondcolor":"#996D74", "bordercolor":"#996D74" },
		{"name": "Breakpoint Marker", "color":"#FB8577", "bordercolor":"#FB8577" },
		{"name": "Breakpoint Marker(Invalid)", "color":"#604242", "bordercolor":"#604242" },
		{"name": "Breakpoint Marker(Disabled)", "color":"#4D4D4D", "bordercolor":"#4D4D4D" },
		{"name": "Debugger Current Line Marker", "color":"#68674C", "bordercolor":"#68674C" },
		{"name": "Debugger Stack Line Marker", "color":"#618336", "bordercolor":"#618336" },
		{"name": "Primary Link", "color":"#FFFFFF", "secondcolor":"#7F4981" },
		{"name": "Primary Link(Highlighted)", "color":"#FFFFFF", "secondcolor":"#B067B3" },
		{"name": "Secondary Link", "color":"#FFFFFF", "secondcolor":"#262128" },
		{"name": "Secondary Link(Highlighted)", "color":"#FFFFFF", "secondcolor":"#4E4552" },
		{"name": "Current Line Marker", "color":"#444444", "secondcolor":"#444444" },
		{"name": "Current Line Marker(Inactive)", "color":"#444444", "secondcolor":"#444444" },
		{"name": "Column Ruler", "color":"#575852" },
		{"name": "Completion Window", "color":"#2A2A2A", "bordercolor":"#979792" },
		{"name": "Completion Tooltip Window", "color":"#272725", "bordercolor":"#979792" },
		{"name": "Completion Selection Bar Border", "color":"#49483E" },
		{"name": "Completion Selection Bar Background", "color":"#49483E", "secondcolor":"#49483E" },
		{"name": "Completion Selection Bar Border(Inactive)", "color":"#383830" },
		{"name": "Completion Selection Bar Background(Inactive)", "color":"#383830", "secondcolor":"#383830" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Error Marker", "color":"#B28D37" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Error Tag", "color":"#E3A5A0", "secondcolor":"#000000" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Error Tooltip", "color":"#E3A5A0" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Error Line", "color":"#7A645C" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Error Counter", "color":"#000000", "secondcolor":"#E3A5A0" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Error IconMargin", "color":"#725C54", "bordercolor":"#805B4D" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Warning Tag", "color":"#EEE79D", "secondcolor":"#000000" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Warning Tooltip", "color":"#EEE79D" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Warning Line", "color":"#807E5C" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Warning Counter", "color":"#000000", "secondcolor":"#EEE79D" },
		{"name": "Message Bubble Warning IconMargin", "color":"#777553", "bordercolor":"#948E51" },
		{"name": "Link Color", "color":"#41E2CB" },
		{"name": "Link Color(Active)", "color":"#41E2CB" }	],
	"text":[
		{"name": "Plain Text", "fore":"#DDE1F6", "back":"#2E2E2E" },
		{"name": "Selected Text", "back":"#545764" },
		{"name": "Selected Text(Inactive)", "back":"#545764" },
		{"name": "Collapsed Text", "fore":"#63677F", "back":"#2A2A2A" },
		{"name": "Line Numbers", "fore":"#63677F", "back":"#2A2A2A" },
		{"name": "Punctuation", "fore":"#DEE2F7" },
		{"name": "Punctuation(Brackets)", "fore":"#DEE2F7" },
		{"name": "Comment(Line)", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Comment(Block)", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Comment(Doc)", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Comment(DocTag)", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Excluded Code", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "String", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "String(Escape)", "fore":"#A1EF9D" },
		{"name": "String(C# @ Verbatim)", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "Number", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "Preprocessor", "fore":"#A5E22E" },
		{"name": "Preprocessor(Region Name)", "fore":"#A5E22E" },
		{"name": "Xml Text", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Xml Delimiter", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Xml Name", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Xml Attribute", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Xml Attribute Quotes", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "Xml Attribute Value", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "Xml Comment", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Xml CData Section", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Tooltip Text", "fore":"#D1D1CD", "back":"#525759" },
		{"name": "Notification Text", "fore":"#FFFFFF", "back":"#272725" },
		{"name": "Completion Text", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Completion Matching Substring", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Completion Selected Text", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Completion Selected Matching Substring", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Completion Selected Text(Inactive)", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Completion Selected Matching Substring(Inactive)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Access)", "fore":"#AE81FF" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Type)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Operator)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Selection)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Iteration)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Jump)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Context)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Exception)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Modifiers)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Constants)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Void)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Namespace)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Property)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Declaration)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Parameter)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Operator Declaration)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Keyword(Other)", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "User Types", "fore":"#7EBAFF" },
		{"name": "User Types(Enums)", "fore":"#7EBAFF" },
		{"name": "User Types(Interfaces)", "fore":"#7EBAFF" },
		{"name": "User Types(Delegates)", "fore":"#7EBAFF" },
		{"name": "User Types(Value types)", "fore":"#7EBAFF" },
		{"name": "User Types(Type parameters)", "fore":"#7EBAFF" },
		{"name": "User Types(Mutable)", "fore":"#7EBAFF" },
		{"name": "User Field Usage", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "User Field Declaration", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "User Property Usage", "fore":"#86E6FA" },
		{"name": "User Property Declaration", "fore":"#80E0FF" },
		{"name": "User Event Usage", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "User Event Declaration", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "User Method Usage", "fore":"#C1FFBE" },
		{"name": "User Method Declaration", "fore":"#8DFF89" },
		{"name": "User Parameter Usage", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "User Parameter Declaration", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "User Variable Usage", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "User Variable Declaration", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Syntax Error", "fore":"#F8F8EF", "back":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "String Format Items", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Breakpoint Text", "fore":"#FFFFFF", "back":"#6F3535" },
		{"name": "Debugger Current Statement", "fore":"#FFFFFF", "back":"#68674C" },
		{"name": "Debugger Stack Line", "fore":"#FFFFFF", "back":"#5C6B4D" },
		{"name": "Diff Line(Added)", "fore":"#00898B" },
		{"name": "Diff Line(Removed)", "fore":"#000000" },
		{"name": "Diff Line(Changed)", "fore":"#000000" },
		{"name": "Diff Header", "fore":"#008000", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Diff Header(Separator)", "fore":"#0000FF", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Diff Header(Old)", "fore":"#008000", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Diff Header(New)", "fore":"#008000", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Diff Location", "fore":"#FB8A00", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Html Attribute Name", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Html Attribute Value", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "Html Comment", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Html Element Name", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Html Entity", "fore":"#A5E22E" },
		{"name": "Html Operator", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Html Server-Side Script", "fore":"#FFFFFF", "back":"#363732" },
		{"name": "Html Tag Delimiter", "fore":"#FFFFFF" },
		{"name": "Razor Code", "fore":"#FFFFFF", "back":"#363732" },
		{"name": "Css Comment", "fore":"#63677F", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Css Property Name", "fore":"#000000", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Css Property Value", "fore":"#EEDD92", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Css Selector", "fore":"#63677F", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Css Keyword", "fore":"#E29BF7", "weight":"Bold" },
		{"name": "Script Comment", "fore":"#63677F" },
		{"name": "Script Keyword", "fore":"#E29BF7" },
		{"name": "Script Number", "fore":"#AE81FF" },
		{"name": "Script String", "fore":"#EEDD92" },
		{"name": "String(Regex Set Constructs)", "fore":"#73D216" },
		{"name": "String(Regex Character Class)", "fore":"#719ECF" },
		{"name": "String(Regex Grouping Constructs)", "fore":"#AD7FA7" },
		{"name": "String(Regex Escape Character)", "fore":"#F57800" },
		{"name": "String(Regex Alt Escape Character)", "fore":"#FCAF3E" }
	]
}

To change your theme, go to:

• Preferences...
• Text Editor
• Syntax Highlighting

Then choose Add and select this file. Then select Vibrantly Dark. That's it!

Well almost, Xamarin Studio has a lot of bugs and may overwrite other Text Editor settings when you do this. ha