Does it really not let you change the colors? Am very unhappy at the modern trend to allow only canned themes.

You could just use the VSCode theme in Zed.

I use "Melange Light". Feels simple and clean, if you like light themes at all.

What's your favorite theme, maybe we can point you to something close? If you have any special needs or usability issues (colorblindness is common), that's probably relevant too.

I use the default theme + the Catppuccin Icon Theme : https://github.com/catppuccin/zed-icons