function ColorMyPencils(color)

    color = color or "base16-gruvbox-dark-hard"
    -- color = color or "default"
    vim.cmd.colorscheme(color)

    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Normal",      { ctermbg="none" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NormalFloat", { link="Normal" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "NonText",     { link="Normal" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "LineNr",      { link="Normal" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SignColumn",  { link="Normal" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Visual",      { ctermfg=0, ctermbg=3 })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Search",      { ctermfg=4, ctermbg=3 })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Folded",      { ctermfg=2, ctermbg=0 })

    -- diff colors
    -- The one issue with this is you won't be as easy to tell where the diff
    -- sections are if there is no transparency in the terminal.
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "DiffAdd",    { ctermfg=2, ctermbg=0 })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "DiffDelete", { ctermfg=1, ctermbg=0 })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "DiffChange", { ctermfg=8, ctermbg=0 })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "DiffText",   { ctermfg=3, ctermbg=0 })

    -- Popup menu
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Pmenu",    { ctermfg=7, ctermbg=0 })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "PmenuSel", { ctermfg=0, ctermbg=8 })

    -- Current line highlight and line wrap column.
    vim.opt.colorcolumn = '-0'
    vim.opt.cursorline  = true
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "ColorColumn", { ctermbg=0 })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "CursorLine",
        { ctermbg=0,      underline=false })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "CursorLineNr",
        { ctermbg="none", underline=false })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "CursorLineSign",
        { ctermbg="none", underline=false })

    -- Other stuff
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "WinSeparator",
        { ctermfg = 3, ctermbg = "none" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "SpellBad",
        { cterm = { undercurl = true }, ctermfg = 1, ctermbg = 0 })

    -- GitSigns colors
    --
    -- TODO this should be moved to gitsigns.lua
    -- It would have been nice to link these to 'DiffAdd', 'DiffChange', and
    -- 'DiffDelete', but currently this has a transparent background, while the
    -- others don't. This may change though so keep the possibility of linking
    -- in mind.
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "GitSignsAdd",    { ctermfg=2, ctermbg="none" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "GitSignsChange", { ctermfg=3, ctermbg="none" })
    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "GitSignsDelete", { ctermfg=1, ctermbg="none" })

end

ColorMyPencils()