Modern Amiga Workbench 1.3 inspired Obsidian theme
A saturated blue desktop, pale windows with white title strips, and a single orange used for nothing but selection — the flattest and most compact of the three.
Modern Amiga Workbench 1.3 inspired Obsidian theme is an Obsidian theme drawn from the Workbench that shipped on the A500 in 1988, when the whole desktop was built from four screen colours. It puts a saturated blue behind your panes, keeps windows pale and calm for long-form writing, draws title strips in white with dark text, and reserves a single orange for whatever is selected — the active tab, the open note, the highlighted command. Nothing else is orange, which is precisely why it works. Both a light and a dark appearance are included, each designed on its own terms rather than derived from the other.
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Core features
- Four-colour discipline drawn from the 1988 desktop: blue screen, pale windows, dark text, and orange used only for selection.
- The flattest of the three themes, relieved by no more than a single pixel of highlight and shade, with hard square outlines throughout.
- The most compact spacing and smallest controls of the three, for fitting more of a manuscript on screen.
- A dark appearance that keeps the 1.3 signatures over a deep navy screen instead of inverting into neutral charcoal.
Good for
- Writers who want character: The only one of the three with a coloured screen, and the only one that uses orange.
- Dense working sessions: Compact rows and small gadgets keep more of the document visible.
- Anyone who remembers an A500: This is the Workbench most people picture when they picture an Amiga.
Installing
The theme is a single theme.css file with a manifest.json beside it. Download both from the latest release, place them in YourVault/.obsidian/themes/Modern Amiga Workbench 1.3 inspired/, then choose the theme under Settings → Appearance. It needs no plugins and loads no remote assets, so it works offline.
License
This theme uses the MIT License. Copyright is held by Anthony Fitzpatrick.
Feedback
Found a rendering problem, a contrast issue, or a part of the interface the theme has not reached?
This is an independent, unofficial, fan-made theme. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, approved by, or connected to Amiga Corporation, Amiga Inc., Cloanto, Hyperion Entertainment, the former Commodore International, or any other present or former owner of the Amiga, Commodore, Kickstart or Workbench trademarks. Nothing here is official. The theme is inspired by a remembered visual style — it is not a reproduction of one, and it ships no original Amiga assets of any kind. It is also not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian.