diff --git a/nvim/README.md b/nvim/README.md
index d881e1c..d1d2efe 100644
--- a/nvim/README.md
+++ b/nvim/README.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Once installed, launch the desktop app with `neovide` from a terminal — if tha
 
 ## Look & feel
 
-- **Theme**: [`vscode.nvim`](https://github.com/Mofiqul/vscode.nvim) (dark variant, VS Code Dark+ palette), on a near-black `#090909` background, with custom tinted backgrounds for error/warn/info/hint diagnostic virtual lines. lualine uses the plugin's own `vscode` theme.
+- **Theme**: [`vscode.nvim`](https://github.com/Mofiqul/vscode.nvim) (dark variant, VS Code Dark+ palette), on a near-black `#090909` background (explorer, tabs, statusline and popups use near-black shades too, not VS Code's grays), with macros in Visual Studio's muted purple (`#BEB7FF`) and custom tinted backgrounds for error/warn/info/hint diagnostic virtual lines. lualine uses the plugin's own `vscode` theme.
 - **Cursor animation**: an animated cursor trail in both frontends, via different mechanisms — see [Terminal vs. desktop (Neovide)](#terminal-vs-desktop-neovide) for which plugin does what and why.
 - **Dashboard**: `alpha-nvim` start screen with quick actions — find file, recent files, live grep, new file, edit config, quit.
 - **Statusline**: `lualine`, styled with true Powerline arrow separators (the seamless, edge-to-edge kind — between sections, a thinner version between components within a section). Left to right:
diff --git a/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua b/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua
index 6bac5a9..73619e1 100644
--- a/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua
+++ b/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua
@@ -30,17 +30,34 @@ return {
         -- Neovide doesn't use this option at all -- see
         -- vim.g.neovide_opacity in init.lua for its equivalent.
         transparent = not vim.g.neovide,
-        -- Near-black background instead of VS Code's #1F1F1F. (With
-        -- `transparent` on, vscode.nvim forces vscBack to NONE, so this
-        -- shows in Neovide; in a terminal the terminal's own background
-        -- shows instead -- set that to #090909 to match.) The cursor-line
-        -- shade and active-tab background are nudged to fit it.
+        -- Near-black surfaces instead of VS Code's grays (#1F1F1F editor,
+        -- #252526/#2D2D2D sidebar, tabs, statusline and popups). With
+        -- `transparent` on, vscode.nvim forces vscBack to NONE, so the
+        -- #090909 shows in Neovide; in a terminal the terminal's own
+        -- background shows instead -- set that to #090909 to match.
+        -- Overriding the palette (rather than individual highlight
+        -- groups) means every plugin the theme styles -- the explorer,
+        -- tabs, statusline, popups, messages -- picks the change up.
         color_overrides = {
           vscBack = "#090909",
-          vscCursorDarkDark = "#1a1a1a",
+          vscCursorDarkDark = "#1a1a1a", -- cursor line, explorer cursor line
+          vscLeftDark = "#111111",       -- sidebars, messages
+          vscLeftMid = "#1a1a1a",
+          vscTabOther = "#111111",       -- inactive tabs
           vscTabCurrent = vim.g.neovide and "#090909" or "NONE",
+          vscTabOutside = vim.g.neovide and "#090909" or "NONE", -- tab bar fill
+          vscPopupBack = "#090909",      -- floating windows, completion menu
+          vscPopupHighlightGray = "#1a1a1a", -- popup scrollbar track
         },
         group_overrides = {
+          -- Macros: Visual Studio's muted purple. clangd reports macro
+          -- usages as semantic tokens (@lsp.type.macro, which vscode.nvim
+          -- links to the constant blue); the other two cover treesitter
+          -- when no language server is attached.
+          ["@lsp.type.macro"] = { fg = "#BEB7FF" },
+          ["@constant.macro"] = { fg = "#BEB7FF" },
+          ["@function.macro"] = { fg = "#BEB7FF" },
+
           -- Tinted backgrounds behind diagnostic virtual text/lines.
           -- vscode.nvim's own Hint color is the same blue as Info, so
           -- hints use the palette's teal to match the dark-teal tint.
diff --git a/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua b/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
index 3222813..be8eb29 100644
--- a/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
+++ b/nvim/config/nvim/lua/plugins/lualine.lua
@@ -4,12 +4,24 @@ return {
     "nvim-lualine/lualine.nvim",
     dependencies = { "nvim-tree/nvim-web-devicons" },
     config = function()
+      -- The plugin's lualine theme paints the statusline in VS Code
+      -- grays (#262626 / #373737) outside transparent mode; swap those
+      -- for the near-black shades used in colorscheme.lua.
+      local vscode_theme = require("lualine.themes.vscode")
+      local near_black = { ["#262626"] = "#090909", ["#373737"] = "#1a1a1a" }
+      for _, mode in pairs(vscode_theme) do
+        for _, section in pairs(mode) do
+          if near_black[section.bg] then
+            section.bg = near_black[section.bg]
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       require("lualine").setup({
         options = {
           -- vscode.nvim ships a hand-built lualine theme, so use it
-          -- instead of "auto" (which would derive colors from the
-          -- active colorscheme's highlight groups).
-          theme = "vscode",
+          -- (patched above) instead of "auto".
+          theme = vscode_theme,
           -- Powerline private-use-area glyphs (E0B0-E0B3). This needs
           -- the terminal's font actually set to the PATCHED family
           -- (e.g. "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font" / "CaskaydiaCove Nerd