Nord is an arctic, north-bluish color palette created by Sven Greb. It consists of sixteen, carefully selected, dimmed pastel colors for a eye-comfortable, but yet colorful ambiance. This port brings Nord color schemes on both OpenSCAD editor and renderer (3D view).
The dark palette:
The light palette:
To be frank, I had to make some adjustments. Nord comes with a limited set of colors, and relying purely on those colors is difficult. For example: in the 3D view, the light and the shadow have effect on the color. I need to avoid situations where the shaded area of an object gets indistinguishable from the dark background. I tried my best, at the same time I admit that it may not be perfect.
Another challenge is the light mode. Other than on its own website, I've never seen an implementation of Nord in bright mode, so I had to be creative and rely on my own judgement. At the same time I also learned from other similar light, bluish themes. I hope you like it.
You can clone the whole repository or download only the required .json files.
Editor:
- Go to /editor folder where you can find the dark & light themes.
- Download & save those files into OpenSCAD's color scheme editor folder. For example, in Windows it would be C:\Program Files\OpenSCAD (Nightly)\color-schemes\editor
- To enable it, go to OpenSCAD's Edit > Preferences > Editor. Find "Color syntax highlighting" dropdown, and choose "Nord Dark" or "Nord Light".
Renderer (3D view):
- Go to /render folder where you can find the dark & light themes.
- Download & save those files into OpenSCAD's color scheme render folder. For example, in Windows it would be C:\Program Files\OpenSCAD (Nightly)\color-schemes\render
- To enable it, go to OpenSCAD's Edit > Preferences > 3D View. Find "Color scheme" list, and choose "Nord Dark" or "Nord Light".
Note: I use OpenSCAD Nightly build on Windows 11 operating system. Your OpenSCAD path might vary depending on the version and operating system used.
Original author of Nord theme: https://github.com/svengreb
Nord theme repository: https://github.com/nordtheme/nord
OpenSCAD: https://github.com/openscad
Screenshots:
- Twin cylinder engine: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:576482
- Gears: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1339
- Turbojet engine: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3367095
- Rugged box: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4768000/
- QuadCopter: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:811843/
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