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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 0.66.0
 ------
 - Style changes
+    - Updated `--color base16` theme so that it works better with both dark and light themes.
     - Narrowed the gutter column by using the left-half block character (`▌`).
     - Removed background colors from markers.
 - Added `--gutter CHAR` option for customizing the gutter column. Some examples using [box-drawing characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_characters):

man/man1/fzf.1

@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ color mappings. Each entry is separated by a comma and/or whitespaces.
 .B BASE SCHEME:
     (default: \fBdark\fR on 256-color terminal, otherwise \fB16\fR; If \fBNO_COLOR\fR is set, \fBbw\fR)
 
-    \fBdark    \fRColor scheme for dark 256-color terminal
-    \fBlight   \fRColor scheme for light 256-color terminal
-    \fB16      \fRColor scheme for 16-color terminal
+    \fBdark    \fRColor scheme for dark terminal
+    \fBlight   \fRColor scheme for light terminal
+    \fBbase16  \fRColor scheme using base 16 colors
     \fBbw      \fRNo colors (equivalent to \fB\-\-no\-color\fR)
 
 .B COLOR NAMES:

src/options.go

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Usage: fzf [options]
 
   GLOBAL STYLE
     --style=PRESET           Apply a style preset [default|minimal|full[:BORDER_STYLE]
-    --color=COLSPEC          Base scheme (dark|light|16|bw) and/or custom colors
+    --color=COLSPEC          Base scheme (dark|light|base16|bw) and/or custom colors
     --no-color               Disable colors
     --no-bold                Do not use bold text
 
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ func parseTheme(defaultTheme *tui.ColorTheme, str string) (*tui.ColorTheme, erro
 			theme = dupeTheme(tui.Dark256)
 		case "light":
 			theme = dupeTheme(tui.Light256)
-		case "16":
+		case "base16", "16":
 			theme = dupeTheme(tui.Default16)
 		case "bw", "no":
 			theme = tui.NoColorTheme()