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porting a code from Delphi XE 5 to XE 8 I noticed the colors of the font inside XE8 are not clear like in XE5 IDE although I use the same font. The color appear more clear if I choose white background but if I choose black background (which I want) the colors seems dimmed. is there a setting or something I can use to increase contrast or clarity of XE8 editor colors ?

screenshot of XE5 colors:

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Screenshot of of XE8 colors:

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    Try the [Delphi IDE Theme Editor](https://github.com/rruz/delphi-ide-theme-editor) – RRUZ Jul 16 '15 at 00:04
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    I'm not sure if the actual text area is affected, by try disabling Castalia: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29520761/how-can-i-disable-castalia-in-xe8 – Jerry Dodge Jul 16 '15 at 00:37
  • but** I need to stop typing when I'm drunk... – Jerry Dodge Jul 16 '15 at 01:08
  • I'd be more concerned by the fact that the yellow colour is coming out white. Or are you not comparing like with like? – David Heffernan Jul 17 '15 at 06:19
  • @DavidHeffernan Hi, My problem that any color look dimmed or faint on a dark background (this is not a problem on light background) and once I check the windows option "use windows xp style dpi scaling" all the colors become sharp and clear but Delphi IDE controls get wrong dimensions. – zac Jul 17 '15 at 07:06
  • I voted to close this question because you are asking why two things that are patently different, are different. I suggest that you need to be a little more controlled in your comparisons. – David Heffernan Jul 17 '15 at 07:21

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You can modify the syntax highlighting colors from the Tools -> Options ->Editor Options -> Color Menu or if you prefear you can use one the themes included in the Delphi IDE Theme Editor

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  • thanks, I already tried this nice app but the colors appear more clear if I choose white background but if I choose black background (which I want) the colors seems so dimmed. – zac Jul 16 '15 at 00:10
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    There is a lot of themes with dark backgrounds, so just try with another one. – RRUZ Jul 16 '15 at 00:16
  • tried all the dark background make foreground colors so dimmed. – zac Jul 16 '15 at 00:31
  • @Wel Have you tried manually setting your colors as suggested? – Jerry Dodge Jul 16 '15 at 00:33
  • @JerryDodge yes no luck, also disabled castalia – zac Jul 16 '15 at 00:58
  • When I use option "use windows xp style dpi scaling" the color become more clear but the Delphi IDE controls get ruined – zac Jul 16 '15 at 03:44
  • If I compare the two pictures, I see different colours and also a different font. Try setting all of those manually, also the different font. It is very well possible to get the appearance of the XE5 picture. – Rudy Velthuis Jul 16 '15 at 08:32
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A guy from i think Germany still developing this dark theme to xe8 LINK. Thanks to him enter image description here

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