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Re:Solarized - Color scheme for vim, mutt, terminal emulators by beaumartinez on Friday April 01, 2011 @04:19AM (#2395445)
Perhaps to make them "stand-out" less (so they don't distract you when you're skimming the code).
Re:Solarized - Color scheme for vim, mutt, terminal emulators by sandGorgon on Friday April 01, 2011 @11:46PM (#2399062)
this is interesting - colorscheme as a reflection of programming philosophy.

I actually tend to read (and write) comments a LOT. Which is why, I simply am not able to use any colorscheme that tries to hide comments.