Base16 family Review

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Pros

Pro
Contains many color-schemes

Pro
Out of the box support for many applications (vim, terminals, etc...)

Base16 template repositories on github have configurations for most popular applications where a color scheme can be applied. This reduces headache for users when applying or switching color schemes.

Pro
Its Solarized Dark scheme is compatible with htop

This is just one example of an app that doesn't work with vanilla Solarized Dark (half of the usernames in htop have the same color as the background)

One has to use a patched htop version.

Cons

Con
Schemes are limited to 16 colors

You may not be able to use as many colors as you want for a particular application without manual manipulation since base 16 color schemes are limited to 16 colors.

Con
Each theme needs manual tweaking

The base16 color schemes are really great but as a vim theme they require a lot of manual tweaking to be viable. One example is that in one theme a neon green bg is used with a white fd rendering any part of the vim UI that uses those two colors together illegible.