[nikisweeting]

I must have a very different brain shape than the author. Color processing is for me subconcious, I don't get the "color overload" situation at all because my brain has hardware accelerated it long ago, there is no concious load to track additional colors or pick out differences. The only time I experience that is when looking at someone else's color scheme when pairing.

It lost me after this part:

> Here’s a quick test. Try to find the function definition here:

I found them instantly with more color, and struggled with less, and found the same for all the subsequent examples as well.

[surgical_fire]

> Color processing is for me subconcious, I don't get the "color overload"

Same. I noticed this on a Whatsapp group I have with old friends. About 8 people, so each gets a specific color in their name, and that's how I identify who is talking on a glance.

Once one of them switched thier phone number, and had to leave and reenter the group. This caused the colors of everyone to change.

For a couple of weeks it was hell. I was used to Person A to be pink, Person B to be yellow and so forth. I would reply to A thinking I was replying to B because their color changed, which caused a lot of confusion.

[mrits]

It just seems like some people prefer highlighting in the literal traditional sense while others like the more common color coordinated code.