diff --git a/theme_basics/resources/Lightning.xml b/theme_basics/resources/Lightning.xml
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+<scheme name="Lightning" version="142" parent_scheme="Default">
+  <metaInfo>
+    <property name="created">2019-01-22T02:54:51</property>
+    <property name="ide">idea</property>
+    <property name="ideVersion">2019.1.0.0</property>
+    <property name="modified">2019-01-22T02:55:20</property>
+    <property name="originalScheme">Lightning</property>
+  </metaInfo>
+  <colors>
+    <option name="CARET_ROW_COLOR" value="e8e3cf" />
+  </colors>
+  <attributes>
+    <option name="BAD_CHARACTER">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="ff0000" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="CONSTRUCTOR_CALL_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="b5" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTE">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="b2" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_CLASS_NAME">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="27c7e" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_CONSTANT">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="d101d9" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_DOC_MARKUP">
+      <value>
+        <option name="BACKGROUND" value="e6eae8" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_ENTITY">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="b2" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_FUNCTION_CALL">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="2686a" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_FUNCTION_DECLARATION">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="27c7e" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_GLOBAL_VARIABLE">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="3c90" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_INSTANCE_FIELD">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="2686a" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_INSTANCE_METHOD">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="2686a" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_INTERFACE_NAME">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="27c7e" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="ff0000" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_KEYWORD">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="3504a8" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_LOCAL_VARIABLE">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="69ff" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_METADATA">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="a09d6b" />
+        <option name="BACKGROUND" value="ffffff" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_NUMBER">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="46d8" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_PARAMETER">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="6c0063" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_STATIC_FIELD">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="2686a" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="3" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_STATIC_METHOD">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="2686a" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+        <option name="EFFECT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="DEFAULT_STRING">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="1a114" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="IMPLICIT_ANONYMOUS_CLASS_PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="27d7f" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="INHERITED_METHOD_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="b5" />
+        <option name="EFFECT_COLOR" value="b5" />
+        <option name="EFFECT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="INSTANCE_FINAL_FIELD_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="8f0197" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="METHOD_CALL_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="b5" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="METHOD_DECLARATION_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="b5" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="NOT_USED_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="808080" />
+        <option name="BACKGROUND" value="ffffff" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="STATIC_FINAL_FIELD_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="d101d9" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="STATIC_FINAL_FIELD_IMPORTED_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="d101d9" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="TODO_DEFAULT_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="ba7480" />
+        <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="UNMATCHED_BRACE_ATTRIBUTES">
+      <value>
+        <option name="BACKGROUND" value="ff8a8a" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+    <option name="XML_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE">
+      <value>
+        <option name="FOREGROUND" value="17913" />
+      </value>
+    </option>
+  </attributes>
+</scheme>
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diff --git a/theme_basics/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/theme_basics/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
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+++ b/theme_basics/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
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+<idea-plugin>
+  <id>com.jetbrains.sdk.theme_basics</id>
+  <name>SDK Theme Basics</name>
+  <version>0.1</version>
+  <vendor email="support-email@company.com" url="https://blog.jetbrains.com/platform/">JetBrains Plugin Platform SDK</vendor>
+
+  <description><![CDATA[
+      IntelliJ Platform SDK code sample to illustrate creating <em>UI Themes</em>.
+    ]]></description>
+
+  <change-notes><![CDATA[
+      <ul>
+      <li>0.1   Initial release. Basic theme functionality.</li>
+      </ul>
+    ]]></change-notes>
+
+  <!-- please see http://www.jetbrains.org/intellij/sdk/docs/basics/getting_started/build_number_ranges.html for description -->
+  <idea-version since-build="191"/>
+
+  <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
+    <!-- Add your extensions here -->
+    <themeProvider id="eb9b7461-397b-4b98-a422-224fc0a74564" path="/theme_basics.theme.json"/>
+  </extensions>
+
+  <actions>
+    <!-- Add your actions here -->
+  </actions>
+
+</idea-plugin>
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diff --git a/theme_basics/resources/austria.png b/theme_basics/resources/austria.png
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diff --git a/theme_basics/resources/factory.svg b/theme_basics/resources/factory.svg
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+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 16 16">
+  <path fill="#59A869" fill-rule="evenodd" d="M0.346570397,0 L1.86281588,0 L2.16606498,6.45126354 L7.19133574,3.72202166 L7.23465704,6.32129964 L12,3.76534296 L12,12.732852 L0,12.732852 L0.346570397,0 Z M1.29963899,9.01083032 L3.59566787,9.01083032 L3.59566787,10.1805054 L1.29963899,10.1805054 L1.29963899,9.01083032 Z M8.40433213,9.01083032 L10.700361,9.01083032 L10.700361,10.1805054 L8.40433213,10.1805054 L8.40433213,9.01083032 Z M4.85198556,9.01083032 L7.14801444,9.01083032 L7.14801444,10.1805054 L4.85198556,10.1805054 L4.85198556,9.01083032 Z" transform="translate(2 1)"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/theme_basics/resources/run.svg b/theme_basics/resources/run.svg
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diff --git a/theme_basics/resources/theme_basics.theme.json b/theme_basics/resources/theme_basics.theme.json
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index 000000000..7bf71ce03
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+++ b/theme_basics/resources/theme_basics.theme.json
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+{
+  "name": "theme_basics",
+  "dark": false,
+  "author": "IntelliJ Platform SDK",
+
+  "ui": {
+    "*": {
+      "background": "#FFFFFF",
+      "foreground": "#0C5800",
+      "selectionBackground": "#AED7E3",
+      "selectionForeground": "#032294",
+      "selectionInactiveBackground": "#BBE7F4",
+      "selectionBackgroundInactive": "#BBE7F4"
+    },
+
+    "Label.foreground": "#3959CC",
+    "Label.background": "#F6E9C9",
+
+    "Panel.background": "#E1E1E1",
+
+    "Window.border" : "4,4,4,4,E6E6E6"
+  },
+
+  "icons": {
+    "/actions/compile.svg": "/factory.svg",
+    "/actions/execute.svg": "/run.svg",
+
+    "ColorPalette": {
+      "Actions.Blue": "#5BC0DE",
+      "Actions.Red": "#D9534F",
+      "Actions.Yellow": "#FFEEAD",
+      "Actions.Grey": "#354E5A",
+
+      "Objects.Blue": "#5BC0DE",
+      "Objects.Red": "#D9534F",
+      "Objects.Yellow": "#FFEEAD",
+      "Objects.Purple": "#BA7FBA",
+      "Objects.Pink": "#FFC5E8",
+      "Objects.Grey": "#4694AE",
+      "Objects.BlackText": "#0C5800",
+
+      "#59A869": "#00C5C0FF"
+    }
+  },
+
+  "editorScheme": "/Lightning.xml",
+
+  "background": {
+    "image": "/austria.png",
+    "transparency": 10,
+    "fill": "scale",
+    "anchor": "center"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/theme_basics/theme_basics.iml b/theme_basics/theme_basics.iml
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index 000000000..e025b203c
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+++ b/theme_basics/theme_basics.iml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="PLUGIN_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="DevKit.ModuleBuildProperties" url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml" />
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+  </component>
+</module>
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