From e7d470682bdef2bd7e6d84e8c3d8d5e34e3c2971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reed Esau <reed@esau.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 00:06:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Brighter red for dark bg

When used with a dark background in the GUI, the underline/undercurl for spelling errors were overwhelmed by the much brighter text. Left existing light bg red as is. Used iA Writer's brighter red for the 'light' red.

Added contrast option to the docs.
---
 README.markdown   | 14 +++++++++++++-
 colors/pencil.vim | 13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index e834a6f..4498d05 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ does have a nice color scheme, however.
 
 The _pencil_ color scheme features: 
 
-* Accurate colors
 * Subtle indicators of changes in the gutter for Signify, git-gutter, etc.
 * Use for both code and prose, though it’s definitely geared towards the
   latter
@@ -31,6 +30,19 @@ Or simply copy the color scheme file to your `~/.vim/colors` directory.
 
 ## Configuration
 
+### Contrast
+
+If you’re looking for greater contrast, set the following in your
+`.vimrc`:
+
+```
+let g:pencil_higher_contrast_ui = 0   " 0=low (def), 1=high
+```
+
+It currently only affects the blacks and grays.
+
+### Parentheses matching
+
 Those users who find the parentheses matching disconcerting can disable
 this default Vim plugin in their `.vimrc` with:
 
diff --git a/colors/pencil.vim b/colors/pencil.vim
index e73fc65..ea8d876 100644
--- a/colors/pencil.vim
+++ b/colors/pencil.vim
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ else
 endif
 
 let s:pink            = { "gui": "#fb007a", "cterm": "9"   }
-let s:red             = { "gui": "#C30771", "cterm": "1"   }
+let s:dark_red        = { "gui": "#C30771", "cterm": "1"   }
+let s:light_red       = { "gui": "#E32791", "cterm": "1"   }
 let s:orange          = { "gui": "#D75F5F", "cterm": "167" }
 
 let s:darker_blue     = { "gui": "#005F87", "cterm": "18"  }
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ if &background == "dark"
   let s:purple          = s:light_purple
   let s:cyan            = s:light_cyan
   let s:green           = s:light_green
+  let s:red             = s:light_red
   let s:visual          = s:light_black
 else
   let s:bg              = s:white
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ else
   let s:purple          = s:dark_purple
   let s:cyan            = s:dark_cyan
   let s:green           = s:dark_green
+  let s:red             = s:dark_red
   let s:visual          = s:light_blue
 endif
 
@@ -190,10 +193,10 @@ call s:h("DiffText",      {"fg": s:dark_blue})
 call s:h("SignColumn",    {"fg": s:light_green})
 " hi Conceal
 if has("gui_running")
-  call s:h("SpellBad",    {"gui": "undercurl", "sp": s:red})
-  call s:h("SpellCap",    {"gui": "undercurl", "sp": s:light_green})
-  call s:h("SpellRare",   {"gui": "undercurl", "sp": s:pink})
-  call s:h("SpellLocal",  {"gui": "undercurl", "sp": s:dark_green})
+  call s:h("SpellBad",    {"gui": "underline", "sp": s:red})
+  call s:h("SpellCap",    {"gui": "underline", "sp": s:light_green})
+  call s:h("SpellRare",   {"gui": "underline", "sp": s:pink})
+  call s:h("SpellLocal",  {"gui": "underline", "sp": s:dark_green})
 else
   call s:h("SpellBad",    {"cterm": "underline", "fg": s:red})
   call s:h("SpellCap",    {"cterm": "underline", "fg": s:light_green})