The design intent for Solarized is to minimize contrast, so this may lie somewhere between “you’re holding it wrong” territory, and aggressive cargo-culting adv

The design intent for Solarized is to minimize contrast, so this may lie somewhere between “you’re holding it wrong” territory, and aggressive cargo-culting advertising making this theme show up everywhere as an implied default good option. It is a nice set of color choices, but is not really appropriate for many situations where it gets used.