Emacs Init: Set Color Theme

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Emacs support color themes since Emacs 24 (Released 2012-06)

Set a Color Theme

Alt+x load-theme, then press Tab to show a list of available themes.

Alternatively, Alt+x customize-themes to set a color theme.

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M-x customize-themes. Click to see the change immediately.

Clear Color Theme

To clear theme, Alt+x disable-theme.

Show Enabled Themes

To find enabled themes, Alt+x describe-variable then type custom-enabled-themes

Set a Color Theme in Emacs Init

put this in your Emacs Init File:

(load-theme 'tango t)

Color Theme Gallery

List of Builtin Color Themes

Alt+x customize-themes to see the list.

2012-10-11 Thanks to • Gabriel Saldaña [https://x.com/gabrielsaldana] • Torsten Wagner https://plus.google.com/b/113859563190964307534/102520135125330850042/posts • Steve Purcell (https://github.com/purcell) for tips.

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