10 of the Best Themes for Visual Studio 2015+
Spruce up your Visual Studio IDE with this collection of popular light and dark colour Themes for Visual Studio.

By Tim Trott | Online Tools and Converters | August 25, 2018

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Dark colour schemes remain very popular in the developer arena, however, many developers prefer light colour schemes. Here is a collection of both, and also a few low-contract options which are in between light and dark.

Simply download a setting file and install it using the guide below.

How To Install Themes for Visual Studio

Start Visual Studio
Go to Tools -> Import and Export Settings... -> Import selected environment settings
[Choose whether you want to backup existing settings]
Click Browse and select the .vssettings file
Click Finish

Now to download Visual Studio colour schemes...

Son of Obsidian

Son of Obsidian is a theme based on the classic TextMate theme Obsidian.
Son of Obsidian Visual Studio Theme

WekeRoad Ink

WekeRoad Ink is based on the Vibrant Ink theme for TextMate, with a few additional settings to take advantage of the expanded syntax settings in VS2010.
WekeRoad Ink Visual Studio 2015 Theme

Selenitic

The selenitic theme was born out of a desire for a muted, eye-friendly scheme for all-day coding. Its title, "Selenitic", comes from an age in the computer game Myst, also home to many subdued, relaxing colours.
Selenitic Visual Studio Theme

Solarized Dark

Solarized Dark is a set of Visual Studio colour schemes based on the original Solarized theme for vim. This theme comes in light and dark versions (dark shown).
Solarized Dark Theme for Visual Studio

Coda

Coda is a Visual Studio colour scheme based on the Coda text editor for the Mac (specifically based on the JSP-HTML language elements)
Coda Visual Studio Theme

Bootstrap

Bootstrap is a Visual Studio colour theme based on the Twitter Bootstrap colour palette.
Bootstrap Color Theme for Visual Studio

IR Black

IR Black is a port of the famous IR_Black TextMate theme.
IR Black Visual Studio Theme

Brackets + Miku

Brackets + Miku is a subtle dark theme with bright colours and is easy on the eye.
Brackets + Miku Visual Studio Theme

VS Code Monokai Like

Monokai Like is a colour scheme designed with beautiful functionality in mind. Carefully selected shades of colours are the foundation of an uncompromising, non-distractive user interface.
VS Code Monokai Like Theme