Thank you very much!

@menelaos I have been using https://github.com/seebi/dircolors-solarized and noticed that the colors are a bit different. Didn't you use that as a source?

@hferreiro Good point, I used the standard values from dircolors in coreutils. They are indeed slightly different from the link above but I feel they are more consistent and easier on the eye. Have you tried to use them for a few days? Let me know what you think :-)

My first impression is the opposite, though I guess that's really subjective. My main issue is that directories seems to be bold and well-known extensions (e.g. .md, .py, .cc, .h) aren't highlighted. You can compare them here (the second one is from your theme):

Yes, you are right, it is a matter of preference in the end. I also used seebi/dircolors-solarized before so I feel where you are coming from.

Ultimately, I decided to follow coreutils and use the standard dircolors color scheme as it is more widely established. As I've already mentioned, I have since come to prefer it. Given that dircolors-solarized was never merged into the official solarized repo, I don't think it can be considered "official".

To address at least your second issue a little bit: The solarized page recommends base00 (light theme) and base0 (dark theme) for "primary content". I would argue that on the command line, almost all text files, whether it be source files or your grocery shopping list, are "primary content".
With seebi/dircolors-solarized you would often end up with lots of colors but very little "primary content".