return {
	--[[-- PaperColor --]]

	{
		"NLKNguyen/papercolor-theme",
		lazy = false,
		priority = 1000,
		config = function()
			vim.opt.background = "dark"
			vim.cmd.colorscheme "PaperColor"

			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Normal", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NormalNC", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NormalFloat", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SignColumn", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "LineNr", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Folded", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NonText", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SpecialKey", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "VertSplit", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Comment", { fg = "#ADD8E6", italic = true })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "TabChar", { fg = "#1A1A1A", ctermfg = "darkgray"})
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "String", { fg = "#b58c4a" })
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "cType", { fg = "NONE" })

			--vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Type", { fg = "NONE" , bold=false})
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Type", { fg = "#FFFF00" , bold=false})
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "cType", { fg = "#FFFF00" , bold=false})
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Constant", { fg = "#d7875f"})
			vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Identifier", { fg = "NONE" })
		end,
	},

	--[[-- PaperColor Slim --]]

	-- {
		-- "pappasam/papercolor-theme-slim",
		-- lazy = false,
		-- priority = 1000,
		-- config = function()
			-- vim.opt.background = "dark"
			--vim.cmd.colorscheme "PaperColorSlim"

			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Normal", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NormalNC", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NormalFloat", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SignColumn", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "LineNr", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Folded", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NonText", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SpecialKey", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "VertSplit", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Comment", { fg = "#ADD8E6", italic = true })
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "TabChar", { fg = "#1A1A1A", ctermfg = "darkgray"})
			-- vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "String", { fg = "#b58c4a" })

			-- end,
			-- },


			--[[
			{
				"catppuccin/nvim",
				config = function()
					require("catppuccin").setup({
						flavour = "auto", -- latte, frappe, macchiato, mocha
						background = { -- :h background
							light = "latte",
							dark = "mocha",
						},
						transparent_background = false, -- disables setting the background color.
						show_end_of_buffer = false, -- shows the '~' characters after the end of buffers
						term_colors = false, -- sets terminal colors (e.g. `g:terminal_color_0`)
						dim_inactive = {
							enabled = false, -- dims the background color of inactive window
							shade = "dark",
							percentage = 0.15, -- percentage of the shade to apply to the inactive window
						},
						no_italic = false, -- Force no italic
						no_bold = false, -- Force no bold
						no_underline = false, -- Force no underline
						styles = { -- Handles the styles of general hi groups (see `:h highlight-args`):
							comments = { "italic" }, -- Change the style of comments
							conditionals = { "italic" },
							loops = {},
							functions = {},
							keywords = {},
							strings = {},
							variables = {},
							numbers = {},
							booleans = {},
							properties = {},
							types = {},
							operators = {},
							-- miscs = {}, -- Uncomment to turn off hard-coded styles
						},
						color_overrides = {},
						custom_highlights = {},
						default_integrations = true,
						integrations = {
							cmp = true,
							gitsigns = true,
							nvimtree = true,
							treesitter = true,
							notify = false,
							mini = {
								enabled = true,
								indentscope_color = "",
							},
							-- For more plugins integrations please scroll down (https://github.com/catppuccin/nvim#integrations)
						},
					})

					-- setup must be called before loading
					--vim.cmd.colorscheme "catppuccin" -- catppuccin-latte, catppuccin-frappe, catppuccin-macchiato, catppuccin-mocha
					vim.cmd.colorscheme "catppuccin-macchiato"


					vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Normal", { bg = "NONE", ctermbg = "NONE" })
				end,
	},
	--]]


	--[[-- Additional Syntax Support --]]
	{
		"NLKNguyen/c-syntax.vim"
	},

	{
		--"junegunn/rainbow_parentheses.vim",
		--"luochen1990/rainbow",
		--"kien/rainbow_parentheses.vim",

		--[[ -- does work
		"luochen1990/rainbow",
		event = { 'BufReadPre', 'BufNewFile' },
		init = function() vim.g.rainbow_active = 1 end,
		config = function() vim.cmd('RainbowToggleOn') end,
		--]]
	},
}