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 Why another solarized colorscheme?
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-Solarized8 was ideal, but over the time it shifted from sensible defaults to
-256 color approximation and added more options than was necessary.
+[Solarized8](https://github.com/Lifepillar/vim-solarized8) was perfect, but
+over the time it shifted from sensible defaults to 256 color approximation and
+added more options than was necessary.
 
-Flattened could have been nice if it was updated and worked with the plugins
-that I use.
+[Flattened](https://github.com/romainl/flattened) could have been nice if it
+was updated and worked with the plugins that I use.
 
-The original solarized colorscheme code is obnoxiously complicated.  Also 256
-color approximation is default and there is no support for termguicolors.
+The original [solarized](http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized) colorscheme code
+is obnoxiously complicated.  Also 256 color approximation is default and there
+is no support for termguicolors.
 
 What's in a name?
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@@ -33,10 +35,10 @@ that).
 But my terminal is not using solarized and my vim does not support tgc!
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-Check out [solarized8](https://github.com/Lifepillar/vim-solarized8).
-
+Tough luck. Check out [solarized8](https://github.com/Lifepillar/vim-solarized8).
 In my opinion though, 256 color approximation is so horrendously ugly, there
-is no point including it.
+is no point including it. You might as well just go for a colorscheme written
+specifically with 256 colors in mind, like lucius or PaperColors.
 
 What's the plan?
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