> Your explanation sounds great, but I don't like the result. I find most
> colors to be bright and intense.

All except inst-vars have a luminance below 0.5.  How about a darker
and/or less-saturated set of colors?

> IMHO they don't fit well together, and some

I'd be open to just about any set of default colors besides the ones
we have now.

> of them blend into the white background.

It's the inst-vars isn't it?  Okay, I agree.  How about something darker?

Comments are intentionally at luminance 0.5.

> Starting with Squeak 4.1 all releases were shipped with the subdued style
> table as default, which intentionally avoids bright colors, and strong
> emphasis.

How about a set of dull, earthy, colors?  I actually think the subdued
style table does not seem subdued due to the purple..

> Instead of replacing the default table - which is not really default anymore
> - you should add your own table (and make a preference to let users choose
> between them, but this is not as easy as it sounds).

At this time I just advocate 4.6 to having a new default look somewhat
set apart from 4.5 and 4.4.  Not only the background but some of the
great work Marcel did and, hopefully some better code colors.

If someone would like to submit their favorite palette, I'd vote for
anything (within reason, of course) which helps us evict the purple
from what have now with something more neutral or earthy..