Polka
This theme adds some colorful minimalism to Obsidian in light and dark modes, with characteristic (optional) dots in the ribbon. Major features include a highly customizable color scheme and independent selection of themes for code blocks.
Customization
Accents
Polka responds to the accent color in your main settings (under Appearance > Accent color) by using it for links, highlights and much else besides. For example, if you choose a pink accent color while in dark mode, the default cyan will be replaced in all the ways you can see below (and more):
Backgrounds
If you optionally install the Style Settings plugin, a new menu will appear (in Style Settings > Polka Theme) that allows you to customize the background color palette.
You can easily adjust the hue, saturation, lightness and contrast of the background colors, and you don't have to worry about color clashes, as your base color is used to generate a palette that applies to the whole user interface. Here are some examples of customizations that took around ten seconds to dial in:
Code Blocks
The Style Settings menu also features a list of themes that apply exclusively to code blocks. Polka has nicely contrastive default colors for syntax highlighting but you can switch to popular alternatives like Dracula, Gruvbox, Nord, One Dark and Solarized.
Fonts
Font taste is personal. Polka selects nice default fonts for Mac and PC but your main font settings (under Appearance > Font) will override these.
The body font in the preview images here is Franklin Gothic, which is distributed with Windows. If you want a good, free alternative, try Rubik.
Additional Options
The Style Settings plugin also gives you control over the following parameters:
- Main text color
- Text highlights in yellow vs. accent color
- Circular vs. square checkboxes
- Default vs. monospace font in tables
- Roundness of page elements and menus
- Polka dots on/off
Plugin Support
As well as modifying your workspace, Polka adapts the colors of Obsidian's user interface and the whole suite of core plugins. Additional attention has been given to the following community plugins:
Many others will fit in without issue.
Feature Requests
Let me know if you spot any issues or would like extra features, especially new plugin support or code block themes.
Extras
Fancy a Firefox theme with the default dark colors? Here you go.