let's try tmux-256color in terminal-overrides

.tmux.conf

@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ bind '"' choose-window
 bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf
 
 # Set TERM to 256 colors
-set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color" 
+
+# 24 bit colors
+set -ga terminal-overrides ",tmux-256color:Tc"
 
 # Start window numbering at 1
 set -g base-index 1
@@ -114,27 +117,22 @@ set -g status-right "#(date) #H"
 #### COLOUR (Solarized 256)
 
 # default statusbar colors
-set-option -g status-bg colour235 #base02
-set-option -g status-fg colour136 #yellow
-set-option -g status-attr default
+set-option -g status-style fg=colour136,bg=colour235 #yellow and base02
 
 # default window title colors
-set-window-option -g window-status-fg colour244 #base0
-set-window-option -g window-status-bg default
-#set-window-option -g window-status-attr dim
+set-window-option -g window-status-style fg=colour244,bg=default #base0 and default
+#set-window-option -g window-status-style dim
 
 # active window title colors
-set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg colour166 #orange
-set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg default
-#set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr bright
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-style fg=colour166,bg=default #orange and default
+#set-window-option -g window-status-current-style bright
 
 # pane border
-set-option -g pane-border-fg colour235 #base02
-set-option -g pane-active-border-fg colour240 #base01
+set-option -g pane-border-style fg=colour235 #base02
+set-option -g pane-active-border-style fg=colour240 #base01
 
 # message text
-set-option -g message-bg colour235 #base02
-set-option -g message-fg colour166 #orange
+set-option -g message-style fg=colour166,bg=colour235 #orange and base02
 
 # pane number display
 set-option -g display-panes-active-colour colour33 #blue
@@ -142,3 +140,6 @@ set-option -g display-panes-colour colour166 #orange
 
 # clock
 set-window-option -g clock-mode-colour colour64 #green
+
+# bell
+set-window-option -g window-status-bell-style fg=colour235,bg=colour160 #base02, red

README

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This repo contains my personal dotfiles. Feel free to reuse them.

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# dotfiles 
+
+This repository contains my personal dotfiles.