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My design criteria for the original colors was to maximize the
angriness of the fruit salad, while still being useful.  This should
give the best "catch a newbie" effect.

I think Lars' new colors (on a light background) are much more
tasteful, and I especially like the artistic way the message buffer
parallels the article buffer ;-).

I personally believe the default colors are more important than the
ability to change them.  Maybe the new defaults will attract a
different class of users.  

At some point, it could be fun to support desktop themes in customize.
That is, each face could have many different values depending on which
desktop theme the user had chosen.  This would allow the user to
choose between the old `Angry Fruit Salad' theme and the new `Shades
of Purity' theme.  More themes could be added when the artist among us
feel inspired.

Technically, i.e. from my point of view, it isn't significantly more
complicated than the current situation, where you can define faces
according to color model, background intensity, and font support.  It
would just be one extra parameter.  The hard work would be for the
people designing the themes.