Like many comments here, I disagree with this article. Notably, I don't necessarily remember which colors are used by my code editors off the top of my head, b

Like many comments here, I disagree with this article. Notably, I don't necessarily remember which colors are used by my code editors off the top of my head, but you can be damn sure that if the smallest thing is different tomorrow, I will notice, and if anything is the wrong color, I will immediately notice something is wrong. Put as many colors as possible and it makes it easier for me to spot any mistake. Although I can understand that more than a few colors can be distracting to some people. As for "everyone does it wrong", and in particular wtt the Christmas tree effect, I find Kate's and IDEA's default color themes quite well designed and balanced, and where each sub expression start and end. I do find light themes far more readable, and only use dark themes under very bad lighting conditions where a white background would hurt the eyes even at minimal screen brightness. Bonus topic: in the Christmas tree screenshots, you can notice that parentheses are of different colors. This creates a visual mess but I do activate this option in Kate anyway because it is very useful to quickly check that the parentheses are balanc It's less necessary when you have syntax checking though, because the editor will put a red background or draw squiggles.