Тема awesome, которая автоматически жрат системные (~/.Xresources) цвета.

theme = {}

theme.font          = "Terminus 9"

-- bg and fg

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'foreground:' | awk '{print $2}'")
x_fg = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'background:' | awk '{print $2}'")
x_bg = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- black
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color0:' | awk '{print $2}'")
black = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color8:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_black = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- red
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color1:' | awk '{print $2}'")
red = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color9:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_red = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- green
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color2:' | awk '{print $2}'")
green = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color10:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_green = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- yellow
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color3:' | awk '{print $2}'")
yellow = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color11:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_yellow = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- blue
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color4:' | awk '{print $2}'")
blue = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color12:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_blue = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- magenta
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color5:' | awk '{print $2}'")
magenta = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color13:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_magenta = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- cyan
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color6:' | awk '{print $2}'")
cyan = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color14:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_cyan = h:read("*l")
h:close()

-- white
local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color7:' | awk '{print $2}'")
white = h:read("*l")
h:close()

local h = io.popen("xrdb -query | grep 'color15:' | awk '{print $2}'")
l_white = h:read("*l")
h:close()

theme.bg_normal     = x_fg
theme.bg_focus      = x_fg
theme.bg_urgent     = x_fg
theme.bg_minimize   = x_fg
theme.bg_systray    = x_fg

theme.fg_normal     = x_bg
theme.fg_focus      = l_magenta
theme.fg_urgent     = l_red
theme.fg_minimize   = l_black

theme.border_width  = 0
theme.border_normal = l_white
theme.border_focus  = white
theme.border_marked = l_black

theme.taglist_bg_focus = blue
theme.taglist_fg_occupied = l_white
theme.taglist_fg_empty = l_black