It IS distracting, if all the default themes built into Sublime are any indication of how it's used now. Everything pops in conflicting colors that would make a

It IS distracting, if all the default themes built into Sublime are any indication of how it's used now. Everything pops in conflicting colors that would make an interior designer scream in pain. But, it can also be used to make the parts you don't care about fade into the background, and better reveal the shape of the code you do. I prefer to purposely downplay keywords (blue) and comments (dark green), and make hard-coded numbers and strings obvious (red). All this on a black background with almost white text. A drastically reduced palate with plain colors.