<s>
Solarized	B-Application
is	O
a	O
color	O
scheme	O
for	O
code	B-Application
editors	I-Application
and	O
terminal	B-Application
emulators	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Ethan	O
Schoonover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scheme	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
light	O
and	O
a	O
dark	B-General_Concept
mode	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ethan	O
Schoonover	O
—	O
a	O
designer	O
and	O
software	O
developer	O
—	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
Solarized	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
after	O
he	O
installed	O
a	O
new	O
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
could	O
not	O
find	O
a	O
color	O
scheme	O
he	O
liked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
the	O
default	O
white-on-black	B-General_Concept
schemes	O
of	O
most	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
too	O
high	O
in	O
contrast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
an	O
issue	O
for	O
programming	O
,	O
as	O
code	B-Application
editors	I-Application
use	O
syntax	O
highlighting	O
,	O
where	O
color	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
indicate	O
the	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
Schoonover	O
attempted	O
to	O
modify	O
the	O
colors	O
of	O
another	O
scheme	O
called	O
Zenburn	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
was	O
daunted	O
by	O
its	O
implementation	O
in	O
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
and	O
did	O
not	O
agree	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
design	O
decisions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schoonover	O
took	O
six	O
months	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
research	O
and	O
create	O
Solarized	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
applying	O
"	O
design	O
rigor	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schoonover	O
published	O
Solarized	B-Application
in	O
April	O
2011	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schoonover	O
has	O
considered	O
releasing	O
a	O
revised	O
set	O
of	O
color	O
schemes	O
as	O
"	O
Solarized2	O
"	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
legacy	O
support	O
issues	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Solarized	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schoonover	O
used	O
Vim	B-Application
as	O
his	O
editor	O
inside	O
of	O
a	O
terminal	B-Application
,	O
so	O
he	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
conscious	O
of	O
its	O
color	O
limitations	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
limit	O
the	O
scheme	O
to	O
16	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Schoonover	O
's	O
prior	O
experience	O
with	O
photography	O
and	O
color	O
management	O
,	O
Solarized	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
in	O
the	O
CIELAB	O
color	O
space	O
,	O
with	O
sRGB	O
hex	O
values	O
being	O
generated	O
from	O
canonical	O
CIELAB	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schoonover	O
first	O
worked	O
on	O
Ruby	B-Language
and	O
Haskell	B-Language
syntax	O
highlighting	O
to	O
make	O
sure	O
their	O
overall	O
"	O
typographic	O
color	O
"	O
looked	O
consistent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
16-color	O
palette	B-Data_Structure
was	O
also	O
designed	O
to	O
scale	O
down	O
to	O
multiple	O
five-color	O
palettes	B-Data_Structure
for	O
design	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
Solarized	B-Application
reached	O
the	O
top	O
percentiles	O
of	O
projects	O
for	O
that	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joel	O
Falconer	O
of	O
The	O
Next	O
Web	O
recommended	O
Solarized	B-Application
,	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
doubt	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
,	O
if	O
any	O
,	O
terminal	B-Application
color	O
schemes	O
that	O
have	O
received	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
thought	O
and	O
attention	O
that	O
Schoonover	O
's	O
Solarized	B-Application
has.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Tidbits	O
,	O
Steven	O
Aquino	O
tested	O
Solarized	B-Application
Light	I-Application
along	O
with	O
the	O
Cousine	O
font	O
and	O
reported	O
that	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
visually	O
impaired	O
person	O
,	O
I	O
find	O
the	O
combination	O
to	O
be	O
extremely	O
comfortable	O
for	O
my	O
eyes	O
....	O
</s>
