diff --git a/extensions/theme-colorful-defaults/package.json b/extensions/theme-colorful-defaults/package.json
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index 00000000000..373f92d6975
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+{
+	"name": "theme-colorful-defaults",
+	"displayName": "Colorful Default Themes - Please provide feedback in issue 1849",
+	"description": "The default VS Code Light and Dark themes with a touch of color. We are considering adding these to the default themes in the January release. Please provide feedback in issue 1849.",
+	"categories": [ "Themes" ],
+	"version": "0.1.5",
+	"publisher": "aeschli",
+	"engines": { "vscode": "*" },
+	"contributes": {
+		"themes": [
+			{
+				"label": "Dark+ (Experimental)",
+				"description": "Default dark theme with a touch of color - Please provide feedback in issue 1849",
+				"uiTheme": "vs-dark",
+				"path": "./themes/dark_plus.tmTheme"
+			},
+			{
+				"label": "Light+ (Experimental)",
+				"description": "Default light theme with a touch of color - Please provide feedback in issue 1849",
+				"uiTheme": "vs",
+				"path": "./themes/light_plus.tmTheme"
+			}
+		]
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/extensions/theme-dark-plus/themes/dark_plus.tmTheme b/extensions/theme-colorful-defaults/themes/dark_plus.tmTheme
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rename from extensions/theme-dark-plus/themes/dark_plus.tmTheme
rename to extensions/theme-colorful-defaults/themes/dark_plus.tmTheme
diff --git a/extensions/theme-dark-plus/themes/light_plus.tmTheme b/extensions/theme-colorful-defaults/themes/light_plus.tmTheme
similarity index 100%
rename from extensions/theme-dark-plus/themes/light_plus.tmTheme
rename to extensions/theme-colorful-defaults/themes/light_plus.tmTheme
diff --git a/extensions/theme-dark-plus/package.json b/extensions/theme-dark-plus/package.json
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-{
-	"name": "theme-dark-plus",
-	"version": "0.1.0",
-	"publisher": "vscode",
-	"engines": { "vscode": "*" },
-	"contributes": {
-		"themes": [
-			{
-				"label": "Dark+",
-				"description": "Dark theme with a touch of color",
-				"uiTheme": "vs-dark",
-				"path": "./themes/dark_plus.tmTheme"
-			},
-			{
-				"label": "Light+",
-				"description": "Light theme with a touch of color",
-				"uiTheme": "vs",
-				"path": "./themes/light_plus.tmTheme"
-			}
-		]
-	}
-}
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