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date    = "2022-05-30T21:26:19+00:00"
lastmod = "2022-05-30T21:26:19+00:00"
tags    = [ "webdev", "clips" ]
author  = "tdro"
+++

Browsers are on a slow march towards fully adopting user options for
standardized/algorithmic color stylesheets. Great debates over what color to
paint the bike shed (website) will eventually end. Paint it (mostly) whatever
color you want.

In addition to
[the invert filter](https://dev.to/pqina/poor-man-s-dark-mode-using-css-filter-211n),
another way of quickly bootstrapping a dark mode
{{< abbr CSS "Cascading Style Sheets" >}} stylesheet is to use
[Chromium's auto dark mode emulation](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/auto-dark-theme/)
as an initial reference.

{{< video
  remote=true
  preload="none"
  caption="Thinking of a dark theme for my [cgit](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/) instance"
  source="https://res.cloudinary.com/dpszgzqjb/video/upload/v1653945240/chromium-auto-dark-mode.mp4"
  poster="https://res.cloudinary.com/dpszgzqjb/image/upload/v1653945244/chromium-auto-dark-mode-poster.png"
>}}