> Most syntax highlighting uses extremely saturated clashing colors Really? Why is it then that we have such popularity in color schemes like Solarized[1]? Or

> Most syntax highlighting uses extremely saturated clashing colors Really? Why is it then that we have such popularity in color schemes like Solarized[1]? Or the much older zenburn? I'll agree that there are a lot of bad color schemes out there, but that's because anyone can create a color scheme. There's no certification process to create one. Back in the era where people "themed" their window manager (GNOME, Kwin, Windows, and even OSX had hacks for this), look at all of the really gaudy window themes that were created. Is this an argument against all theming of windows? Is judicious use of Comic Sans an argument against fonts? Of course not. [1] http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized