commit - 69e02a0e929b003411c8bdc86c073d2aef2cc096
commit + 54189f256a0a6ccddd4cc921327c53b7694a7095
blob - 55d64c1a1764bcdb56072d3a00db03f19911a24e
blob + 3593b0a246c62c90cc94108c162f8124db4d2b8c
--- lua/colors.lua
+++ lua/colors.lua
@@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
 vim.opt.termguicolors = false
-vim.cmd('syntax off')
+vim.cmd('syntax enable')
 
--- match pairs still have style
-vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "MatchParen", {})
+-- make comments italic
+vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "Comment", {
+    ctermfg = 8,
+    cterm = { italic = true },
+})
 
+vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, "String", {
+    ctermfg = 22,
+})
+
+local groups = {
+  "Constant", "MatchParen", "Identifier", "Statement", "PreProc", "Type", "Special",
+  "Character", "Number", "Boolean", "Float", "Function",
+  "Conditional", "Repeat", "Label", "Operator", "Keyword", "Exception",
+  "Include", "Define", "Macro", "PreCondit", "StorageClass", "Structure",
+  "Typedef", "Delimiter", "Underlined", "Error", "Todo", "netrwDir", "@variable",
+  "GitSignsAdd", "GitSignsChange", "GitSignsDelete", "GitSignsStagedAdd",
+  "GitSignsStagedChange", "GitSignsStagedDelete"
+}
+
+for _, group in ipairs(groups) do
+    vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, group, { link = "Normal" })
+end
+
 -- disable some mistical built-in treesitter that ignores syntax off
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
   pattern = "*",