Annotation Color Scheme Inconsistency

[natty-pluz]

In IntelliJ → Settings → Editor → Color Scheme → Dart, the Annotation color setting is only applied to const annotations (e.g. @freezed), but not to class-based annotations (e.g. @Freezed()).

Current Behavior

• @freezed

  • Highlighted using the Metadata color (as expected for annotations).

• @Freezed()

  • Freezed is highlighted as a regular class name.
  • Inherits color from Classes → Class name instead of the Annotation/Metadata color.

This results in inconsistent highlighting between const and class-based annotations.

Expected Behavior

Both forms of annotations:

@freezed
@Freezed()

should use the same Annotation/Metadata color setting in the Dart color scheme.

Why This Matters

Class-based annotations are very common in Dart (e.g. @Freezed(), @JsonSerializable(), etc.). Treating them as regular classes instead of annotations makes it harder to visually distinguish annotations from other class usages and reduces consistency in syntax highlighting.