Under the solarized light theme, the display of the ls command is incorrect #13714

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opened 2026-01-31 03:50:11 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @LuoZhongYao on GitHub (May 4, 2021).

Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)

10.0.19042.928

Other Software

ls (GNU coreutils) 8.32 (inside wsl)

Steps to reproduce

Use solarized light theme, open wsl and run ls command

Expected Behavior

ls command displays accurate colors
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Actual Behavior

The ls command displays the wrong color
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Originally created by @LuoZhongYao on GitHub (May 4, 2021). ### Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number) 10.0.19042.928 ### Other Software ls (GNU coreutils) 8.32 (inside wsl) ### Steps to reproduce Use solarized light theme, open wsl and run ls command ### Expected Behavior ls command displays accurate colors ![img](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3121740/116986405-54d85100-ad00-11eb-904d-be1411af61b9.png) ### Actual Behavior The ls command displays the wrong color ![img](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3121740/116986465-66215d80-ad00-11eb-9393-ae0103035e19.png)
claunia added the Resolution-Duplicate label 2026-01-31 03:50:11 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 4, 2021):

DAYS SINCE I'VE REGRETTED SHIPPING SOLARIZED: 15 0

Solarized is an unfortunately bad theme for commandline applications, if you follow it exactly as authored. The majority of the bright colors are all basically just grayscale, which IMO is useless in a color scheme:

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I bet whatever terminal you're using in the "expected" screenshot has a modified version of solarized that's actually useful. We decided to follow the standard exactly as is, to much pain.

I think this is broadly /dup #6997

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 4, 2021): ### [DAYS SINCE I'VE REGRETTED SHIPPING SOLARIZED: ~~15~~ 0](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/6997#issuecomment-822380261) Solarized is an unfortunately bad theme for commandline applications, if you follow it exactly as authored. The majority of the bright colors are all basically just grayscale, which IMO is useless in a color scheme: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18356694/117002077-b8cf2b00-aca8-11eb-920b-395a8e40d002.png) I bet whatever terminal you're using in the "expected" screenshot has a modified version of solarized that's actually useful. We decided to follow the standard exactly as is, to much pain. I think this is broadly /dup #6997
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@ghost commented on GitHub (May 4, 2021):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (May 4, 2021): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#13714