A colour scheme for Sublime Text that takes design cues from popular minimalist Markdown text editors. Unlike many other colour schemes it properly highlights the basic Markdown syntax.

1. Make sure that Package Control is already installed
2. Choose Install Package from the Command Palette — Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux and ⇧⌘P on OS X
3. Search for Gray Matter Color Schemes and hit Enter

1. Clone or download the repo
2. Choose Browse Packages from the Command Palette — Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux and ⇧⌘P on OS X
3. Copy the repo folder into this directory

Note that this colour scheme matches best with the visual style of the Soda Theme. Also note that this it is only really optimised for writing in Markdown. So, its best to apply it only when editing Markdown files.

To set a colour scheme based on the syntax of the current file, first open up a Markdown file, and then in the menu bar open up the syntax-specific settings via Preferences > Settings - More > Syntax Specific - User.

Add in either:

    "color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Gray Matter/Gray Matter Light.tmTheme",

Or:

    "color_scheme": "Packages/Color Scheme - Gray Matter/Gray Matter Dark.tmTheme",

While the syntax specific settings are open, here are another few options you may want to consider in order to better match a more traditional Markdown text editor:

    "draw_centered": true,
    "font_size": 18,
    "gutter": false,
    "highlight_line": false,
    "line_numbers": true,
    "line_padding_bottom": 4,
    "line_padding_top": 4,
    "rulers": [],
    "tab_size": 4,
    "word_wrap": true,
    "wrap_width": 90

This colour scheme is heavily drawn from the visual style of Byword and iA Writer. I love both applications, but also like to make using of Sublime's more advanced features while writing. And I'm a sucker for consistency.