 
 (defcustom solarized-termcolors 16
   "This setting applies to emacs in terminal (non-GUI) mode.
-If set to 16, emacs will use the terminal emulator's colorscheme
-(best option as long as you've set your emulator's colors to the Solarized palette).
-If set to 256 and your terminal is capable of displaying 256 colors, emacs
-will use the 256 degraded color mode."
+If set to 16, emacs will use the terminal emulator's colorscheme (best option as
+long as you've set your emulator's colors to the Solarized palette). If set to
+256 and your terminal is capable of displaying 256 colors, emacs will use the
+256 degraded color mode."
   :type 'integer
+  :options '(16 256)
+  :group 'solarized)
+
+(defcustom solarized-contrast 'normal
+  "Stick with normal! It's been carefully tested. Setting this option to high or
+low does use the same Solarized palette but simply shifts some values up or down
+in order to expand or compress the tonal range displayed."
+  :type 'symbol
+  :options '(high normal low)
   :group 'solarized)
 
 ;; FIXME: The Generic RGB colors will actually vary from device to device, but

Ported to Emacs by Greg Pfeil, http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized.")

(defcustom solarized-degrade nil
  "For test purposes only; when in GUI mode, forces Solarized to use the 256 degraded color mode
to test the approximate color values for accuracy."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'solarized)


          (green     (find-color 'green))
          (bold      (if solarized-bold 'bold 'normal))
          (underline (if solarized-underline t nil))
          (opt-under nil)
          (italic    (if solarized-italic 'italic 'normal)))
      (when (eq 'light mode)
        (rotatef base03 base3)
        (rotatef base02 base2)
        (rotatef base01 base1)
        (rotatef base00 base0))
      (let ((back base03))
        (cond ((eq 'high solarized-contrast)
               (let ((orig-base3 base3))
                 (rotatef base01 base00 base0 base1 base2 base3)
                 (setf base3 orig-base3)))
              ((eq 'low solarized-contrast)
               (setf back      base02
                     opt-under t)))
        `((;; basic
           (default ((t (:foreground ,base0 ,:background ,back))))
           (cursor
            ((t (:foreground ,base0 :background ,base03 :inverse-video t))))
           (escape-glyph-face ((t (:foreground ,red))))
           (fringe ((t (:foreground ,base01 :background ,base02))))
           (linum ((t (:foreground ,base01 :background ,base02))))
           (header-line ((t (:foreground ,base0 :background ,base2))))
           (highlight ((t (:background ,base02))))
           (hl-line ((t (:background ,base02))))
           (isearch ((t (:foreground ,yellow :inverse-video t))))
           (lazy-highlight ((t (:background ,base2 :foreground ,base00))))
           (link ((t (:foreground ,violet :underline ,underline))))
           (link-visited ((t (:foreground ,magenta :underline ,underline))))
           (menu ((t (:foreground ,base0 :background ,base02))))
           (minibuffer-prompt ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (mode-line
            ((t (:foreground ,base1 :background ,base02
                             :box (:line-width 1 :color ,base1)))))
           (mode-line-buffer-id ((t (:foreground ,base1))))
           (mode-line-inactive
            ((t (:foreground ,base0  :background ,base02
                             :box (:line-width 1 :color ,base02)))))
           (region ((t (:background ,base02))))
           (secondary-selection ((t (:background ,base02))))
           (trailing-whitespace ((t (:foreground ,red :inverse-video t))))
           (vertical-border ((t (:foreground ,base0))))
           ;; comint
           (comint-highlight-prompt ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           ;; compilation
           (compilation-info ((t (:foreground ,green :weight ,bold))))
           (compilation-warning ((t (:foreground ,orange :weight ,bold))))
           ;; customize
           (custom-button
            ((t (:background ,base02
                             :box (:line-width 2 :style released-button)))))
           (custom-button-mouse
            ((t (:inherit custom-button :foreground ,base1))))
           (custom-button-pressed
            ((t (:inherit custom-button-mouse
                          :box (:line-width 2 :style pressed-button)))))
           (custom-comment-tag ((t (:background ,base02))))
           (custom-comment-tag ((t (:background ,base02))))
           (custom-documentation ((t (:inherit default))))
           (custom-group-tag ((t (:foreground ,orange :weight ,bold))))
           (custom-link ((t (:foreground ,violet))))
           (custom-state ((t (:foreground ,green))))
           (custom-variable-tag ((t (:foreground ,orange :weight ,bold))))
           ;; diff
           (diff-added ((t (:foreground ,green :inverse-video t))))
           (diff-changed ((t (:foreground ,yellow :inverse-video t))))
           (diff-removed ((t (:foreground ,red :inverse-video t))))
           (diff-header ((t (:background ,base01))))
           (diff-file-header
            ((t (:background ,base1 :foreground ,base01 :weight ,bold))))
           (diff-refine-change ((t (:background ,base1))))
           ;; IDO
           (ido-only-match ((t (:foreground ,green))))
           (ido-subdir ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (ido-first-match ((t (:foreground ,green :weight ,bold))))
           ;; emacs-wiki
           (emacs-wiki-bad-link-face
            ((t (:foreground ,red :underline ,underline))))
           (emacs-wiki-link-face
            ((t (:foreground ,blue :underline ,underline))))
           (emacs-wiki-verbatim-face
            ((t (:foreground ,base00 :underline ,underline))))
           ;; font-lock
           (font-lock-builtin-face ((t (:foreground ,green))))
           (font-lock-comment-face ((t (:foreground ,base01 :slant ,italic))))
           (font-lock-constant-face ((t (:foreground ,cyan))))
           (font-lock-function-name-face ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (font-lock-keyword-face ((t (:foreground ,green))))
           (font-lock-string-face ((t (:foreground ,cyan))))
           (font-lock-type-face ((t (:foreground ,yellow))))
           (font-lock-variable-name-face ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (font-lock-warning-face ((t (:foreground ,red :weight ,bold))))
           (font-lock-doc-face ((t (:foreground ,cyan :slant ,italic))))
           (font-lock-color-constant-face ((t (:foreground ,green))))
           (font-lock-comment-delimiter-face
            ((t (:foreground ,base01 :weight ,bold))))
           (font-lock-doc-string-face ((t (:foreground ,green))))
           (font-lock-preprocessor-face ((t (:foreground ,orange))))
           (font-lock-reference-face ((t (:foreground ,cyan))))
           (font-lock-negation-char-face ((t (:foreground ,red))))
           (font-lock-other-type-face ((t (:foreground ,blue :slant ,italic))))
           (font-lock-regexp-grouping-construct    ((t (:foreground ,orange))))
           (font-lock-special-keyword-face ((t (:foreground ,magenta))))
           (font-lock-exit-face ((t (:foreground ,red))))
           (font-lock-other-emphasized-face
            ((t (:foreground ,violet :weight ,bold :slant ,italic))))
           (font-lock-regexp-grouping-backslash ((t (:foreground ,yellow))))
           ;; info
           (info-xref ((t (:foreground ,blue :underline ,underline))))
           (info-xref-visited ((t (:inherit info-xref :foreground ,magenta))))
           ;; org
           (org-hide ((t (:foreground ,base03))))
           (org-todo ((t (:foreground ,base03 :background ,red :weight ,bold))))
           (org-done ((t (:foreground ,green :weight ,bold))))
           (org-todo-kwd-face ((t (:foreground ,red :background ,base03))))
           (org-done-kwd-face ((t (:foreground ,green :background ,base03))))
           (org-project-kwd-face
            ((t (:foreground ,violet :background ,base03))))
           (org-waiting-kwd-face
            ((t (:foreground ,orange :background ,base03))))
           (org-someday-kwd-face ((t (:foreground ,blue :background ,base03))))
           (org-started-kwd-face
            ((t (:foreground ,yellow :background ,base03))))
           (org-cancelled-kwd-face
            ((t (:foreground ,green :background ,base03))))
           (org-delegated-kwd-face
            ((t (:foreground ,cyan :background ,base03))))
           ;; show-paren
           (show-paren-match-face ((t (:background ,cyan :foreground ,base3))))
           (show-paren-mismatch-face
            ((t (:background ,red :foreground ,base3))))
           ;; widgets
           (widget-field
            ((t (:box (:line-width 1 :color ,base00) :inherit default))))
           (widget-single-line-field ((t (:inherit widget-field))))
           ;; extra modules
           ;; -------------
           ;; gnus
           (gnus-cite-1 ((t (:foreground ,magenta))))
           (gnus-cite-2 ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           (gnus-cite-3 ((t (:foreground ,base3))))
           (gnus-cite-4 ((t (:foreground ,base1))))
           (gnus-cite-5 ((t (:foreground ,magenta))))
           (gnus-cite-6 ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           (gnus-cite-7 ((t (:foreground ,base3))))
           (gnus-cite-8 ((t (:foreground ,base1))))
           (gnus-cite-9 ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           (gnus-cite-10 ((t (:foreground ,base3))))
           (gnus-cite-11 ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (gnus-group-mail-1 ((t (:foreground ,base3 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-group-mail-1-empty ((t (:foreground ,base3))))
           (gnus-group-mail-2 ((t (:foreground ,base2 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-group-mail-2-empty ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           (gnus-group-mail-3 ((t (:foreground ,magenta :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-group-mail-3-empty ((t (:foreground ,magenta))))
           (gnus-group-mail-low ((t (:foreground ,base00 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-group-mail-low-empty ((t (:foreground ,base00))))
           (gnus-group-news-1 ((t (:foreground ,base1 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-group-news-1-empty ((t (:foreground ,base1))))
           (gnus-group-news-2 ((t (:foreground ,blue :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-group-news-2-empty ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (gnus-group-news-low ((t (:foreground ,violet :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-group-news-low-empty ((t (:foreground ,violet))))
           (gnus-header-content ((t (:foreground ,cyan :slant ,italic))))
           (gnus-header-from ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           (gnus-header-name ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (gnus-header-newsgroups ((t (:foreground ,green :slant ,italic))))
           (gnus-header-subject ((t (:foreground ,base1))))
           (gnus-server-agent ((t (:foreground ,base3 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-server-closed ((t (:foreground ,base1 :slant ,italic))))
           (gnus-server-denied ((t (:foreground ,base2 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-server-offline ((t (:foreground ,green :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-server-opened ((t (:foreground ,cyan :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-splash ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           (gnus-summary-high-ancient
            ((t (:foreground ,magenta :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-summary-high-read ((t (:foreground ,base1 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-summary-high-ticked ((t (:foreground ,base3 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-summary-high-undownloaded
            ((t (:foreground ,base2 :weight ,bold))))
           (gnus-summary-low-ancient
            ((t (:foreground ,magenta :slant ,italic))))
           (gnus-summary-low-read ((t (:foreground ,base1 :slant ,italic))))
           (gnus-summary-low-ticked ((t (:foreground ,base3 :slant ,italic))))
           (gnus-summary-low-undownloaded
            ((t (:foreground ,base2 :slant ,italic))))
           (gnus-summary-normal-ancient ((t (:foreground ,magenta))))
           (gnus-summary-normal-read ((t (:foreground ,base1))))
           (gnus-summary-normal-ticked ((t (:foreground ,base3))))
           (gnus-summary-normal-undownloaded ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           ;; Flymake
           (flymake-errline ((t (:background ,orange))))
           (flymake-warnline ((t (:background ,violet))))
           ;; whitespace
           (whitespace-empty ((t (:foreground ,red))))
           (whitespace-hspace ((t (:foreground ,orange))))
           (whitespace-indentation ((t (:foreground ,base02))))
           (whitespace-space ((t (:foreground ,base02))))
           (whitespace-space-after-tab ((t (:foreground ,cyan))))
           (whitespace-space-before-tab ((t (:foreground ,red :weight ,bold))))
           (whitespace-tab ((t (:foreground ,base02))))
           (whitespace-trailing
            ((t (:background ,base02 :foreground ,red :weight ,bold))))
           (whitespace-highlight-face
            ((t (:background ,blue :foreground ,red))))
           ;; Message
           (message-mml ((t (:foreground ,blue))))
           (message-cited-text ((t (:foreground ,base2))))
           (message-separator ((t (:foreground ,base3))))
           (message-header-xheader ((t (:foreground ,violet))))
           (message-header-name ((t (:foreground ,cyan))))
           (message-header-other ((t (:foreground ,red))))
           (message-header-newsgroups
            ((t (:foreground ,yellow :weight ,bold :slant ,italic))))
           (message-header-subject ((t (:foreground ,base00))))
           (message-header-cc ((t (:foreground ,green :weight ,bold))))
           (message-header-to ((t (:foreground ,base1 :weight ,bold)))))
          ((foreground-color . ,base0)
           (background-color . ,base03)
           (background-mode . ,mode)
           (cursor-color . ,base0)))))))

(defmacro create-solarized-theme (mode)
  (let* ((theme-name (intern (concat "solarized-" (symbol-name mode))))
