Top Neovim/iTerm theme pairings (color compatibility scoring)

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I made a list of Neovim/iTerm theme pairings that look cohesive when used together. Instead of picking by eye, I scored them by color palette similarity (nearest-neighbor matching) and balance across backgrounds, highlights, and syntax colors. Top 10 Pairings: • Everblush × nightly.nvim • Tomorrow Night × rusty • Rose Pine × Sakura.nvim • Challenger Deep × DarkScene.vim • Atom One Dark × onepro • Black Metal (Marduk) × nolife.nvim • Mellow × oldtale.nvim • Nvim Dark × monoglow.nvim • Gruvbox Dark × gruvsquirrel.nvim • Cursor Dark × nordic.nvim Links: Video gallery: https://youtube.com/shorts/4803KinmpVw?si=QcoMprBlrDFWVq83 Theme list (TSV with scores): https://github.com/samesense/colors/blob/main/data/end/top10... Methods: https://rpubs.com/samesense/theme_colors Screenshots: https://github.com/samesense/colors/tree/main/data/end/scree... Note: Obvious one-to-one matches (Catppuccin→Catppuccin, Nord→Nord) aren’t included.

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