WebUpd8 reader Lu Wang sent us an email about a beautiful (and very popular) color theme for various applications called "Solarized".

Solarized comes with both light and dark colorschemes and what makes it so special is that the contrast is "low in lightness but the colors are still well distinguishable due to the different hue values used" says Lu Wang. But that's of not all. Check out the Solarized homepage for a lot more info and screenshots.

'Colors' is an amazing - dare I say the best (or at least in top 3) - dark GNOME theme. I've found out about it from Nick, the Orta theme author who posted a link to 'Colors' in a comment on our last Orta post and even though I was a bit skeptic as I don't like dark themes, after trying it out I must say I am truly impressed. Sure, it's a matter of taste so you may not like it, but give it a try anyway because you can't really get the real "feeling" by just looking at the screenshots.