Vscode: Color theme faded/less contrast

[jellythewobbly]

• VSCode Version: 1.36.0 (1.36.0)
• OS Version: OSX Mojave 10.14.5 (18F132)

Steps to Reproduce:

1. I am using the One Dark Pro Vivid color theme together with the Material Icon Theme.
2. All the colors on VS Code seem to be faded and have less contrast after the update to version 1.36.0.
3. I will like the colors to be like they were before the update.

Before the update:

After the update to version 1.36.0:

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• Version 1.36.0 color theme faded/less contrast (#76655)
  

[dons20]

Having this issue as well with almost every one of my dark themes. Currently using Super One Dark as an example.

[sxnaprkhr]

Same VSCode appears to be faded after updating to version 1.36

[bpasero]

Any difference running code --disable-gpu --force-color-profile=srgb?

[jellythewobbly]

Doesn't seem to be working for me

[gjkunst]

code --force-color-profile=srgb works for me with version 1.36

[dons20]

@gjkunst wow thanks for that, it worked for me as well.

[NewtMa]

Hi, I have the same issue. Those two command lines don't work on my Ubuntu 1804 LTS. Just wondering, have you tried Base16 Dark Monokai from Base16 theme v1.4.5 by A.D.C. ? Do you think that theme color faded?

[bpasero]

We are building exploration builds that use a much newer version of our UI framework (Electron version 6.0.x). I wonder if this issue reproduces with one of these builds, could you try? Download:

• macOS: Download
• Linux (DEB): Download
• Linux (RPM): Download
• Windows: Download

[NewtMa]

@bpasero wow, you nailed it!!!!! Thank you so much. I have tried the DEB version and it worked.

[jellythewobbly]

Exploration version is great. Will be closing the issue, cheers.

[bpasero]

Great, let's leave this open though until we shipped Electron 6.

[Tyriar]

This is the root cause of the issue that I've been getting reports on where the terminal is darker than the rest of the editor. The terminal and minimap (canvases) are the correct colors, everything else is wrong :tada: