Color theme bug (darker, less font weight / contrast colors)

[ttrmb]

Describe the Bug

Somehow, Cursor darkens the colors displayed, even if I use the same theme with the same settings as VSCode. It happens with several themes.
Tried multiple VSCode and Cursor versions, same result.

Steps to Reproduce

Install the GitHub - Binaryify/OneDark-Pro: Atom's iconic One Dark theme for Visual Studio Code extension both in Cursor and in VS Code, and enable vivid mode. Reload the editors and compare them side by side.

Expected Behavior

should have the same colors

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

Windows 10/11

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.2.4 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: a8e95743c5268be73767c46944a71f4465d05c90
Date: 2025-07-10T17:09:01.383Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.27868

[saidattax]

They may never fix it. You have to adjust with it hereon.

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[ttrmb]

Thank you for sending it, yes, still no changes.

Version: 1.4.3 (user setup)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: e50823e9ded15fddfd743c7122b4724130c25df0
Date: 2025-08-08T17:34:53.060Z
Electron: 34.5.1
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.0
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.27868