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+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Airline will search for this variable. The # is a separator that maps with the directory structure.
+" If this is wrong, Vim will complain loudly.
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette = {}
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Declare colors for normal mode and add it to the dictionary. The all arrays in this file use the format
+" [guifg, guibg, ctermfg, ctermbg, opts]
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let s:N1 = ['#FFFFFF', '#5F87FF', 15, 69]  " Outside blocks in normal mode (mode and file position)
+let s:N2 = ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59] " Next blocks inside (branch and file format)
+let s:N3 = ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59] " The middle block
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Now let's declare some colors for normal mode and add it to the dictionary.
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.normal = airline#themes#generate_color_map(s:N1, s:N2, s:N3)
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Here we define overrides for when the buffer is modified.  This will be
+" applied after g:airline#themes#understated#palette.normal, hence why only certain keys are declared.
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.normal_modified = {'airline_c': ['#ffffff', '#5f005f', 144, 59, 'bold'] ,}
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Define the same groups from above for insert mode
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let s:I1 = ['#FFFFFF', '#87AF5F', 15, 107] " Outside blocks in normal mode (mode and file position)
+let s:I2 = ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59] " Next blocks inside (branch and file format)
+let s:I3 = ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59] " The middle block
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.insert = airline#themes#generate_color_map(s:I1, s:I2, s:I3)
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.insert_modified = {'airline_c': ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59, 'bold'] ,}
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.insert_paste = {'airline_c': ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59, ''] ,}
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Define colors for replace mode
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.replace = airline#themes#generate_color_map(s:I1, s:I2, s:I3)
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.replace.airline_a = ['#FFFFFF', '#870000', 15, 88, '']
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.replace_modified = {'airline_c': ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59, 'bold'] ,}
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Define colors for visual mode
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let s:V1 = ['#FFFFFF', '#AF5F00', 15, 130]
+let s:V2 = ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59]
+let s:V3 = ['#AFAF87', '#5F5F5F', 144, 59]
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.visual = airline#themes#generate_color_map(s:V1, s:V2, s:V3)
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.visual_modified = {'airline_c': [ '#AFAF87', '#5f005f', 144, 59, 'bold'] ,}
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Define colors for inactive mode
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let s:V1 = ['#080808', '#FFAF00', 232, 214]
+let s:IA1 = ['#4E4E4E', '#1C1C1C', 239, 234, '']
+let s:IA2 = ['#4E4E4E', '#1C1C1C', 239, 234, '']
+let s:IA3 = ['#4E4E4E', '#1C1C1C', 239, 234, '']
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.inactive = airline#themes#generate_color_map(s:IA1, s:IA2, s:IA3)
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.inactive_modified = {'airline_c': ['#4E4E4E', '', 239, '', 'bold'] ,}
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Define accent colors
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.accents = {'red': ['#FF0000', '', 88, '']}
+
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+" Here we define the color map for ctrlp.  We check for the g:loaded_ctrlp
+" variable so that related functionality is loaded only if the user is using ctrlp.
+"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if !get(g:, 'loaded_ctrlp', 0)
+  finish
+endif
+let g:airline#themes#understated#palette.ctrlp = airline#extensions#ctrlp#generate_color_map(
+      \ ['#FFFFFF', '#1C1C1C', 15, 234, '' ],
+      \ ['#FFFFFF', '#262626', 15, 235, '' ],
+      \ ['#FFFFFF', '#303030', 15, 236, 'bold'])