Solarized

In the process of spending way too much time selecting colors for my git-grep setup, I stumbled into one man's study of color for daily use...

http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

Solarized.  Ethan Schoonover's study of useful color schemes on computers.

"Solarized is a sixteen color palette (eight monotones, eight accent colors) designed for use with terminal and gui applications."

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2013-09-21 Update:

Found in the wild: Solarized (both light and dark) schemes used by the Ace Editor.

http://ajaxorg.github.io/ace/build/kitchen-sink.html