-color normal white black
-color quoted green black
-color quoted1 cyan black
-color quoted2 green black
-color quoted4 cyan black
-color indicator white red
-color signature blue black
-color hdrdefault yellow black
-color status white blue
-color message white black
-color error red black
-color body magenta black "(ftp|http|https)://[^ ]+"
-color body magenta black "[-a-z_0-9.]+@[-a-z_0-9.]+"
-color tree magenta black
-color tilde magenta black
-color markers brightcyan black
-color attachment brightmagenta black
-color search black green
-color underline brightgreen black
+color normal brightblue default
+color error red default
+color tilde white default
+color message cyan default
+color markers red black
+color attachment black default
+color search brightmagenta default
+color status brightblue white
+color indicator brightwhite yellow
+
+#
+# The message index
+#
+## New and unread messages
+color index blue default "~N"
+color index blue default "~U"
+color index blue default "~v~(~N)" # collapsed thread, some unread
+
+## Old and read messages
+color index default default "~O"
+color index default default "~R"
+color index default default "~v~(!~N)" # collapsed thread, all read
+
+## Marked for deletion
+color index default lightred "~D"
+
+#
+# Message-reading interface
+#
+## Headers
+color hdrdefault green default
+color header brightgreen default "^(To)"
+color header brightgreen default "^(Date)"
+color header brightgreen default "^(From)"
+color header brightgreen default "^(Subject)"
+
+## Body
+color quoted blue default
+color quoted1 cyan default
+color quoted2 yellow default
+color quoted3 red default
+color quoted4 brightred default
+color signature brightcyan default
+color bold white default
+color underline white default
+color normal default default
+
+### URLs and email addresses.
+color body magenta default "(ftp|http|https)://[^ ]+"
+color body magenta default "[-a-z_0-9.+]+@[-a-z_0-9.]+"