Themes
Inkwell comes with four hand-tuned themes. Each has its own personality, but all share the same warm accent family, so every screenshot is instantly recognizable as Inkwell. The theme colors the entire surface you write on: the editor pane, the live preview, the sidebar, and the title bar. Nothing is half-styled, and nothing fights for your attention while you work.
Most editors give you a cold default and a black "dark mode." Inkwell treats the writing surface as part of the writing. A theme should make a blank page feel inviting at 9am and easy on the eyes at midnight. These four were tuned by hand for exactly that, not generated from a palette.
Editorial
Warm cream background, rust accent. The default. Literary, soft, inviting. Like writing on good paper. Best for long daytime sessions where you want the page to feel calm rather than clinical.
Midnight
Warm charcoal with ember tones. Not the cold blue-grey you see everywhere else. This is a writing desk by candlelight. Best for night writing and low-light rooms, where a true-black or blue-tinted dark mode would feel harsh.
Mono
Cool grey with steel ink accent. Clean, precise, minimal. The typewriter. Best for technical notes, documentation, and anyone who wants the interface to disappear entirely.
Sepia
Deep parchment with bold rust. The aged manuscript under lamplight. Best for reading and editing passes, when you want warmth and contrast without the brightness of Editorial.
Designed for long sessions
Every theme keeps body text at a comfortable contrast against its background, never pure black on pure white. That reduces glare on a bright screen and eye strain in a dark room. The accent family stays warm across all four, so links, the active file, and the cursor read the same whichever theme you pick.
Switching themes
Click any theme button in the sidebar, or use the Command Palette:
Ctrl+Kthen type "Editorial", "Midnight", "Mono", or "Sepia"
Switching is instant, and your choice persists between sessions. Inkwell stores it locally with the rest of your settings, so the editor opens in the theme you left it in, with no account and no sync.
Want your own colors?
The four built-ins are a starting point, not a limit. If none of them fit, build your own palette with the custom theme creator and save it alongside the defaults. See the full feature list for everything else that ships in the free editor.