Emacs Nova Theme

This is a dark, pastel color theme for Emacs based on Trevor Miller's Nova color scheme.

Installation from MELPA

M-x package-refresh-contents if necessary
M-x package-install RET nova-theme
M-x load-theme RET nova

Add (load-theme 'nova t) to your config to load at startup.

Samples

Philosophy

favor more color over less color where it helps to usefully distinguish things
but don't style to the point where everything has a color
don't use bold in any prog modes, use sparingly otherwise
use underline very sparingly, perhaps only for links (I think it looks cheesy when used for emphasis)

Customizing

I tried to make it easy to tweak faces and add new faces. Assuming you have the theme loaded, you can change or add new faces like this:

;; colors in nova-base-colors are available as variables
(nova-set-faces
  (some-face :foreground cyan)
  (some-other-face :background blue :inherit 'unspecified))

Contributing

With few exceptions, I will only style modes I use myself. You are more than welcome to contribute styling for additional modes. Please open a PR and include before and after screenshots.