Choosing a variant

Choose for your environment#

Start with Bearded Theme Islands Moonstone for slate surfaces and turquoise accents. Explore Arc, Monokai, Solarized, Milkshake, Black & Gems, and high-contrast families. Use OLED for a black-background preference, or compare the light companions in daylight.

Registered variants#

Select these names from Settings → Appearance & Behavior → Appearance → Theme:

Theme	Appearance
Bearded Theme Anthracite	Dark
Bearded Theme Light	Light
Bearded Theme Arc	Dark
Bearded Theme Arc Eolstorm	Dark
Bearded Theme Arc Blueberry	Dark
Bearded Theme Arc Eggplant	Dark
Bearded Theme Arc Reversed	Dark
Bearded Theme Vivid Purple	Dark
Bearded Theme Vivid Black	Dark
Bearded Theme Vivid Light	Light
Bearded Theme Monokai Terra	Dark
Bearded Theme Monokai Metallian	Dark
Bearded Theme Monokai Stone	Dark
Bearded Theme Monokai Black	Dark
Bearded Theme Monokai Reversed	Dark
Bearded Theme Solarized Dark	Dark
Bearded Theme Solarized Reversed	Dark
Bearded Theme Solarized Light	Light
Bearded Theme Oceanic	Dark
Bearded Theme Oceanic Reversed	Dark
Bearded Theme Milkshake Raspberry	Light
Bearded Theme Milkshake Blueberry	Light
Bearded Theme Milkshake Mango	Light
Bearded Theme Milkshake Mint	Light
Bearded Theme Milkshake Vanilla	Light
Bearded Theme Black & Gold	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Gold Soft	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Ruby	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Ruby Soft	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Emerald	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Emerald Soft	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Diamond	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Diamond Soft	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Amethyst	Dark
Bearded Theme Black & Amethyst Soft	Dark
Bearded Theme Aquarelle Cymbidium	Dark
Bearded Theme Aquarelle Hydrangea	Dark
Bearded Theme Aquarelle Lilac	Dark
Bearded Theme HC Ebony	Dark
Bearded Theme HC Midnight Void	Dark
Bearded Theme HC Wonderland Wood	Dark
Bearded Theme HC Brewing Storm	Dark
Bearded Theme HC Flurry	Light
Bearded Theme Minuit	Dark
Bearded Theme Chocolate Espresso	Dark
Bearded Theme Stained Purple	Dark
Bearded Theme Stained Blue	Dark
Bearded Theme Surprising Eggplant	Dark
Bearded Theme Surprising Blueberry	Dark
Bearded Theme Surprising Watermelon	Dark
Bearded Theme Colorblind	Dark
Bearded Theme OLED	Dark
Bearded Theme Earth	Dark
Bearded Theme Coffee	Dark
Bearded Theme Coffee Reversed	Dark
Bearded Theme Coffee Cream	Light
Bearded Theme Voided	Dark
Bearded Theme Altica	Dark
Bearded Theme Will	Dark
Bearded Theme Gold D Raynh	Dark
Bearded Theme Gold D Raynh Light	Light
Bearded Theme Melle Julie	Dark
Bearded Theme Melle Julie Light	Light
Bearded Theme WebDevCody	Dark
Bearded Theme Islands Moonstone	Dark

Compare consistently#

1. Open a representative source file with comments, strings, types, and diagnostics.
2. Apply a variant and inspect the editor, Project tree, completion popup, and diff viewer.
3. Try another variant without changing font or display brightness between comparisons.
4. Keep the one that preserves clear comments, selections, errors, and focused controls for your working environment.

If a name is missing, check your installed plugin version against the release noted below. Manual editor-scheme overrides can make two different UI themes appear identical in the code pane.