The latest version of my color schemes for mIRC can be found in my last post at the end of this thread.

For anyone who has avoided using some of these themes due to lack of contrast for selected text in the editbox or selected nicks in the nicklist, that should not be a deal-breaker.

The foreground/background colors for selected nicks, or selecting text in the editbox comes from the theme you defined in Windows' control-panel. This is also used for selected lines in menus or dialogs.

It's possible to edit just that 1 setting in windows without changing your entire theme. Or, you could tweak the mirc theme to choose editbox and listbox colors which contrast against the selection colors.

The way to change that setting will be different in different versions of windows. For Windows 7:

1. Open Control Panel
2. Choose Personalization
3. At the bottom of that area, click on "Window Color", which opens a dialog "Window Color and Appearance".
4. If you current theme is currently "unsaved theme", you'll either want to save the current theme to another name so you can return to it, or write down the current RGB colors before you change them.
5. In the 'item' dropdown, choose 'Selected Items'.
6. For now, let's avoid changing the font or the size, and notice the 2 squares labeled 'Color'. The top square is the background color and the bottom square is the text color. These control the text and background color for these selected items both here in mIRC and pretty much all Windows Apps.
7. You'll want to choose a background color that contrasts well against the foreground color you choose, but also contrasts well against the foreground/background colors you choose in the Alt+K dialog for the foreground/background colors in Editbox and Listbox.
8. When you click on either Color square, it opens a window showing a grid of 20 colors to choose from. If you don't like any of those shades, you can click 'Other' where you can create any RGB shade you wish.
9. When you click 'ok' or 'apply' the color setting is changed. It will then change your theme to be 'unsaved theme'. If you like it, you should click 'save theme' to give it a name. If you don't like this change, you could keep trying other color shades or just go back to your existing Control Panel Colors Theme prior to this change.

It's not Wad's palette' standard anymore but "Wad's BlackGr2" is a little more readable IMO, the gray is a lighter.

Adjusted the first blue on few shemes, added Dark background version of Monokai on all the Monokai schemes.

A screen shot would be nice. That way we could see the theme without installing it first.

https://imgur.com/a/cHKyLCn

Few may look the same but the palettes are slightly different.

Would that be more convenient?


/writeini mirc.ini colors n1 HexChat Black,1,6,4,7,11,3,3,3,3,3,3,15,7,8,6,15,3,11,3,7,15,1,15,1,15,14,6,1,1,15
/writeini mirc.ini palettes n1 13553358,0,13369344,52225,220,170,12255418,43775,2350575,5561907,13356032,16772659,16646144,15606509,7829367,10066329

Or build a dialog? It would be good!
Easy to add to mirc

Are you asking me? I don't care about that at all or how people do it, I'm just having fun with colors, I barely use or used mIRC in the last 7-8 years anyway. It takes 2 seconds to copy all that and paste it in mirc.ini, this is all extra.

Added Zenburn, Zenburn2, Zenburn2Dark and ZenburnDark based on this one: https://github.com/tokoyami/config-files/blob/master/mirc/zenburn.ini

Most of the screenshots are here: https://imgur.com/a/cHKyLCn, I still have to add the last five (Dracula and Zenburn).

If you want to see any of these themes I can try to make them for mIRC: https://tmtheme-editor.herokuapp.com/

I may also add these ones next: https://github.com/ayu-theme/ayu-colors#colors

Added Dracula theme from the original palettes https://draculatheme.com/

Again:


I had to modify few colors that I missed.

Not sure I modified anything else but Tempesta and Tempesta2 background is 2 points lower again, now 24,24,24 (identical to the Zenburn Darker themes), more readable this way.

Added Intern and Intern2 (darker background), based on https://github.com/drzel/intern-hexchat-theme

Added all Monokai in Darker colors, SolarizedBlack and SolarizedDarker.

Sorry guys, can't get enough of background darkness so I made a version of all the extra ones with the black background. Enjoy.

Added four schemes based on Lincon http://mc0de.github.io/lincon-hexchat-theme/

Hey eahm!

Would you consider managing your color schemes by creating a repository for it, over at https://www.mircscripts.nl?

No. At least not right now, you can copy it over if you want but this is all time wasting bs to me.
I started with 3-4 of them just because I got tired I couldn't find anything else other than .mts themes online and schemes are just so easy to make. I don't even create a pastebin account with the same link because I don't care to manage that account. Khaled could give the permission to modify the first post or cleaning is just a small price to pay.

Some updates in the Tempesta and the official Placid Hues, made a n2 on that one with a more readable yellow.

Added Zenburn with white and light gray color for Normal and Own text.

4 more themes, mIRC BlackGray, mIRC BlackGrayGr, mIRC ClassicGray and mIRC ClassicGray Gr. Enjoy guys.

New themes based on https://github.com/ayu-theme/ayu-colors#colors



Ayu Mirage, Ayu Dark and Ayu Light use those palettes from the website.

Ayu MirageDark = Ayu Mirage + Ayu Dark Background

Ayu MirageBlack = Ayu Mirage + Black Background

Ayu DarkBlack = Ayu Dark + Black Background

Enjoy guys, I think Ayu MirageDark is my best theme yet.

Made five variation of Ayu with "GrEvents" to enhance the chats visibility, in gray now the following events: Join, Kick, Mode, Nick, Part and Quit.

Ok guys, hopefully this will cover everybody and hopefully it will be the last update... unless someone finds a theme that we absolutely must add

I've added GrEvents to all the themes, I think it makes all of them so much more readable.

Enjoy.

https://pastebin.com/9ib0Y7XW

Four new themes based on Neko (https://github.com/catlinman/neko-config/tree/master/hexchat), some colors repeat so there may be some things to adjust but I like it enough for now.



Enjoy.

https://pastebin.com/cft7sj4q

https://pastebin.com/raw/cft7sj4q

Nothing major but there were few things missing/typos, also I added a "Darker" version for few Ayu themes.

https://pastebin.com/6EPk3vP7

https://pastebin.com/raw/6EPk3vP7

I wanted to make this one for a while and a link I saw last week reminded my of it, Neka from https://dribbble.com/shots/2233166-Neka-Theme, https://aco-viewer.appspot.com/d1ec73d335a704717f39a988d97422a3. He's also the creator of the Ayu theme https://github.com/dempfi.

Since there are not enough colors I've mixed it with "mIRC Black".

Enjoy

https://pastebin.com/634a7yH7

New theme series from HexChat included in Artix Linux, I named them HexChat Artix...



Enjoy guys.

https://pastebin.com/8ejFYNk9

Added Neka and Neko in black. All this is unnecessary really, it takes two seconds to modify a theme but anyway, posting for whoever wants all the possible combinations.

Enjoy.

https://pastebin.com/u6xyFmje

Missed "HexChat ArtixBlack" and "HexChat ArtixBlackGrEvents".

https://pastebin.com/ED8H8rbD

Thanks for you work!
Would you consider assembling all your themes into a single GIT repository? Ideally, with screenshots.

No, not right now at least. First of all I don't like to create accounts anywhere, I am very busy keeping my things (work) very tidy and organized and it would take a long time for something that's a 2 mins job to load on mIRC and go through all the themes. Maybe one day.

I posted some here few months ago: https://imgur.com/a/cHKyLCn

Modified few things, fixed few typos, not sure I really remember what I added or changed really but I see there are more now so ...posting it.

https://pastebin.com/ewTZbWYh

Added some blue stuff.

mmIRCBlue, mmIRCBlue2, mmIRCBlue2GrEvents and mmIRCBlueStuff

https://pastebin.com/8wB3umc4

Sorry guys, 210,210,210 is just too light for me, made a new mmIRCBlueStuff2 with 192,192,192.

Enjoy!

https://pastebin.com/VQ7TWVqN

Damn it, realized mmIRCBlueStuff and mmIRCBlueStuff2 weren't actually really that blue, almost every event was gray.

https://pastebin.com/iF6tHk2A

https://pastebin.com/raw/iF6tHk2A

Ok guys, I know some people that download and check every single version i post here but I'm done, last one here, I personally only switch between 2-3 anyway so from now on I will go backwards and clean my personal list.

Black2GrayGr2 renamed to Black2GrayInv and added one with the same Gr2 name.

https://pastebin.com/i13gVxrM

https://pastebin.com/raw/i13gVxrM

I don't understand why mirc colors panel is no option to apply button.
Every time i have to reopen this dialog again and again.

Great work by you!

Thank you

Try alt+k, see if you can switch faster.

Nothing major, just added few variants of "mmIRCBlueStuff" and "mmIRCGr" with better readable grays (from 210,210,210 to 192,192,192). Enjoy.

https://pastebin.com/Tc6ceCU5

https://pastebin.com/raw/Tc6ceCU5

And while I was already there... I added few more with 192,192,192. How many themes does one need?

https://pastebin.com/TswKTHa5

https://pastebin.com/raw/TswKTHa5

I use "mmIRCBlueStuff2" btw, which one do you guys use?

Cleaned the green schemes, renamed to Green from G and added 3 more (Green3*) with Forest Green (https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/green-color.html).

Also added BlackStuffBlue, BlackStuffGray and BlackStuffGreen.

https://pastebin.com/cCb7VrQd

https://pastebin.com/raw/cCb7VrQd

I'm quite fond of 'dusk' by slanne (nbs-irc) palette. I don't believe it's in your collection.

I ported it to PnP, but here's the color & palette code:


Screenshot:

Here you go, for whoever wants to try that Dusk, added Dusk and DuskBlack:

https://pastebin.com/NegVqQ6b

https://pastebin.com/raw/NegVqQ6b

Done after this, cleaned everything last night and this is what mine looks like now:

Not entirely sure why the one I have saved is different from the latest on this forum but it's 246 vs 247 so, here it is:

https://pastebin.com/HcmqkjRG

https://pastebin.com/raw/HcmqkjRG

Glad to see you're still alive. I legitimately thought you died of covid when you vanished suddenly.

Oh lol I'm good thanks man, still taking "that life break"

4 new themes, nothing special, just added the Red and Green with the Palestine flag official colors in appreciation to Khaled for keeping mIRC alive.

Themes called PalestineBlack, PalestineBlackGrEvents, PalestineWhite and PalestineWhiteGrEvents

Palettes:

https://www.schemecolor.com/palestine-flag-colors.php

https://applecolors.com/palette/11486-palestine-flag-brand

Download here:

https://pastebin.com/Z9DjFHMs

https://pastebin.com/raw/Z9DjFHMs

how do you enter theses colour schemes in MIRC?
thanks

Exit mIRC. Then go to C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\mIRC\. Open up mirc.ini in a text editor.
Remove the [colors] and the data, same with [palettes]. Copy all the information in the pastebin. Paste exactly where you had [colors] and [palettes] and save.
Run mIRC and click on the color button and select a theme.

This is done quite simply:

   1.Close (Exit) your mIRC client completely.
   2.Find in the root folder of the mIRC client (where you have it installed) a file with the name "mirc.ini" (make a copy for return).
   3.Open the original file "mirc.ini" in a text editor.
   4.Find the lines "[colors]" and "[palettes]".
   5.Edit under them lines below by adding new lines with color schemes to them. The main thing is to follow the sequence of line numbering "n0,n1,n2,n3...". Then save the update.
   6.Run the mIRC client and check the changes by clicking the "Colors" button on the top toolbar.
   7.You can now select new color schemes from the ones you added.

You can also replace all of them, the original ones from mIRC are left in there untouched as well.

"MDI area" set to black on all of them.

https://pastebin.com/EEp6etaA

https://pastebin.com/raw/EEp6etaA

Created few new variations, cleaned all the dark without a black background, I only like and use black background also kept few white/light gray background ones.

https://pastebin.com/yKyuWD5H

https://pastebin.com/raw/yKyuWD5H

Added "DiscordBlack" taken from here: https://regakakobigman.netlify.app/miscellaneous/2019/10/09/making-hexchat-look-like-discord.html

https://pastebin.com/HvHSVDG4

https://pastebin.com/raw/HvHSVDG4

BlackStuff 2s added with normal red instead of light red.

https://pastebin.com/1u5uhs87

https://pastebin.com/raw/1u5uhs87

! Changed all the 192,192,192 to 210,210,210 for less eyestrain.

https://pastebin.com/FCnrY8sE

https://pastebin.com/raw/FCnrY8sE

All restored, some people may like lighter themes too. Enjoy.

https://pastebin.com/9hRdgKsc

https://pastebin.com/raw/9hRdgKsc

Made a mistake, when I restored them they were still at 192,192,192 and not 210,210,210, fixed here:

https://pastebin.com/BvVbpkab

https://pastebin.com/raw/BvVbpkab

Added some variation of "mIRC Black" and "Basic RGB Colors"

https://pastebin.com/YUAUDBP9

https://pastebin.com/raw/YUAUDBP9

https://pastebin.com/bP7hYQE1

https://pastebin.com/raw/bP7hYQE1

- Cleaned a few doubles
- Changed Gray (#D2D2D2 / 210,210,210) to Gray Gainsboro (https://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/gray-color.html) (#DCDCDC / 220,220,220) of every scheme to make them more readable.

https://pastebin.com/82B7BVWa

https://pastebin.com/raw/82B7BVWa

This is probably the last one/update, over the last decade or so I've only used BlackStuff on all my clients anyway, I'm done tinkering.

- Added mIRC Black WebSafe
- Cleaned some others, removed all the BlackStuff variations with the "normal red" etc.

BlackStuff here:

All the themes here:

https://pastebin.com/eJb0yxnK

https://pastebin.com/raw/eJb0yxnK

Enjoy and hopefully someone will take over and make more and more variations

If Khaled wants to clean this thread ...this URL will not change anymore, any change will be made directly there:

https://rentry.co/qou82