Gradient-inspired chrome
Samples a two-color pair across supported workbench color keys instead of installing a complete theme.
VS Code and Cursor extension
Camaleone
Color for IDE windows. Two selected colors become a workbench identity across the title bar, activity bar, side bar, panel, status bar, buttons, borders, and optional editor accents.
- Current version
- 0.1.4
- Editor target
- VS Code 1.87+
- License
- MIT
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Total installs / downloads
Camaleone gives every editor window a recognizable visual identity without asking you to install or switch full themes.
It samples a start-to-end color pair into the workbench color API, keeps default sober output restrained, and lets you restore or reset managed colors cleanly.
Feature walkthrough
Pick a palette. Watch the window become recognizable.
Five short frames show the core flow: picking colors, previewing the workbench identity, customizing surfaces, loading presets, and saving favourite palettes.
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Pick colors
Choose the two colors that define the window identity.
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Preview identity
Review how the palette lands across editor surfaces.
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Customize surfaces
Tune title bar, activity bar, panels, borders, and accents.
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Load presets
Start from company and university palettes when speed matters.
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Save favourites
Keep reusable window identities ready for later sessions.
Feature set
Built for quick context switching.
Sober by default
Keeps secondary surfaces calm while tinting the high-signal areas that identify a window quickly.
Per-surface control
Tune title bar, activity bar, side bar, panels, status bar, buttons, borders, and editor accents.
Presets and favourites
Ships brand-inspired Magnificent 7 and QS top university presets, plus user-saved palettes.
Workspace or global target
Apply colors to the current workspace or to user settings for every editor window.
Clean restore path
Restore replaced colors or remove Camaleone-managed keys to return to editor defaults.
Buy me a coffee
Support Camaleone.
If this extension makes your editor easier to recognize, you can send a small thank-you through PayPal or Bitcoin.
Testimonials
What users are saying.
Loving it! Installed and in use!!
easy to use. great interface
Way Better than Peacock!
It's just beautiful
Marketplace overview
The picker, presets, and saved identities.
Workflow
Pick, tune, apply, save.
Open the picker from the Command Palette, choose a start and end color, generate a palette with Surprise me, then adjust individual surfaces when the automatic result needs a more deliberate touch.
- Open Camaleone: Open Colour Picker.
- Choose colors, a relationship mode, intensity, and target scope.
- Review the generated workbench preview and customize surfaces.
- Apply the palette, save it as a favourite, or restore prior colors.
Project descriptor
Extension metadata and implementation surface.
Identity
- Name
- Camaleone
- Extension ID
- trentinium.camaleone
- Publisher
- trentinium
- Categories
- Themes, Other
- License
- MIT
Technical model
- Runtime
- Dependency-light JavaScript extension
- Main file
- extension.js
- Color target
- workbench.colorCustomizations
- Engine
- VS Code ^1.87.0
- Build step
- None
Commands
- Open Colour Picker
- Quick Apply Without Webview
- Apply Configured Colors
- Restore Previous Colors
- Reset to IDE Defaults
- Surprise Me
- Save Current Colors as Favourite
- Apply Favourite Colors
Settings
- startColor and endColor
- intensity and applyTo
- sober and monochromatic
- colorRelationship and panelHarmony
- includeEditorAccent
- surfaceOverrides
- persistChoices
Availability