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+# lucius theme
+
+%sh{
+    # first we define the lucius colors as named colors
+    lucius_darker_grey="rgb:303030"
+    lucius_dark_grey="rgb:444444"
+    lucius_grey="rgb:808080"
+    lucius_light_grey="rgb:b2b2b2"
+    lucius_lighter_grey="rgb:d7d7d7"
+
+    lucius_dark_red="rgb:870000"
+    lucius_light_red="rgb:ff8787"
+    lucius_orange="rgb:d78700"
+    lucius_purple="rgb:d7afd7"
+
+    lucius_dark_green="rgb:5f875f"
+    lucius_bright_green="rgb:87af00"
+    lucius_green="rgb:afd787"
+    lucius_light_green="rgb:d7d7af"
+
+    lucius_dark_blue="rgb:005f87"
+    lucius_blue="rgb:87afd7"
+    lucius_light_blue="rgb:87d7ff"
+
+    echo "
+        # then we map them to code
+        face value ${lucius_light_green}
+        face type ${lucius_blue}
+        face identifier ${lucius_green}
+        face string ${lucius_light_green}
+        face error ${lucius_light_green}
+        face keyword ${lucius_light_blue}
+        face operator ${lucius_green}
+        face attribute ${lucius_light_blue}
+        face comment ${lucius_grey}
+        face meta ${lucius_purple}
+
+        # and markup
+        face title ${lucius_light_blue}
+        face header ${lucius_light_green}
+        face bold ${lucius_blue}
+        face italic ${lucius_green}
+        face mono ${lucius_light_green}
+        face block ${lucius_light_blue}
+        face link ${lucius_light_green}
+        face bullet ${lucius_green}
+        face list ${lucius_blue}
+
+        # and built in faces
+        face Default ${lucius_lighter_grey},${lucius_darker_grey}
+        face PrimarySelection ${lucius_darker_grey},${lucius_orange}
+        face SecondarySelection  ${lucius_lighter_grey},${lucius_dark_blue}
+        face PrimaryCursor ${lucius_darker_grey},${lucius_lighter_grey}
+        face SecondaryCursor ${lucius_darker_grey},${lucius_lighter_grey}
+        face LineNumbers ${lucius_grey},${lucius_dark_grey}
+        face LineNumberCursor ${lucius_grey},${lucius_dark_grey}+b
+        face MenuForeground ${lucius_blue},${lucius_dark_blue}
+        face MenuBackground ${lucius_darker_grey},${lucius_light_grey}
+        face MenuInfo ${lucius_grey}
+        face Information ${lucius_lighter_grey},${lucius_dark_green}
+        face Error ${lucius_light_red},${lucius_dark_red}
+        face StatusLine ${lucius_lighter_grey},${lucius_dark_grey}
+        face StatusLineMode ${lucius_lighter_grey},${lucius_dark_green}+b
+        face StatusLineInfo ${lucius_dark_grey},${lucius_lighter_grey}
+        face StatusLineValue ${lucius_lighter_grey}
+        face StatusCursor default,${lucius_blue}
+        face Prompt ${lucius_lighter_grey}
+        face MatchingChar ${lucius_lighter_grey},${lucius_bright_green}
+    "
+}