LS_COLORS mustn't be set for colors to be used. If you unset it the default color schema will be used. There was an article about this posted to HN a week ago

LS_COLORS mustn't be set for colors to be used. If you unset it the default color schema will be used. There was an article about this posted to HN a week ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19761159 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19761159