"Solarized is the Mother of All Color Schemes"

Via MetaFilter, the color scheme of Solarized which is used for programming interfaces, text editors, work stations, and so forth. It's apparently free, looks well designed and well tested, and beautiful.

The color set could be used in a lot of contexts, so, for what it's worth, here they are:

#002b36   base03
#073642   base02
#586e75   base01
#657b83   base00
#839496   base0
#93a1a1   base1
#eee8d5   base2
#fdf6e3    base3
#b58900   yellow
#cb4b16   orange
#dc322f    red
#d33682   magenta
#6c71c4   violet
#268bd2   blue
#2aa198   cyan
#859900   green