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Is it possible to customize the colors used by VSC background and text? I've tried all the color themes and none gives me what I need to see text clearly and comfortably. I can't find information on this in the Help, in the menus, or by searching on the Web.

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  • Did you find code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/color-theme? Commented Sep 15, 2019 at 14:53
  • Thanks, I found Color Customizations / Edit in settings.json / { "workbench.colorTheme": "Solarized Light", "search.location": "panel" }. Now what do I do? I don't see any instructions, sorry. Commented Sep 15, 2019 at 18:34
  • Look over these examples: stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bvscode%5D+colorcustomizations Commented Sep 15, 2019 at 19:50
  • Searching for "vs code custom color theme" took me directly to the documentation. Another minute or so of clicking around, I found code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/… -- the bit you want starts with "To tune the editor's syntax highlighting colors..." and has a handy screenshot. Commented Sep 15, 2019 at 20:19
  • Thanks to Mark and Roger. But why are all these just examples? Where is a list of all the properties and values for setting colors? Is the documentation really this partial? Can one find the full list or JSON Schema internally in VSCode? I've posted a github Issue and I'll add any other information I find here. Commented Sep 16, 2019 at 0:58

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I found the full list of color settings. I would imagine this would be useful to almost every user. It is at https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/theme-color .

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this answer would be better with the list in the question (just in case the link expires)

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