diff --git a/python/rest/resources/META-INF/rest.xml b/python/rest/resources/META-INF/rest.xml
index 100387e906d9..46738ef87e5f 100644
--- a/python/rest/resources/META-INF/rest.xml
+++ b/python/rest/resources/META-INF/rest.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
     <lang.formatter language="ReST" implementationClass="com.jetbrains.rest.formatter.RestFormattingModelBuilder"/>
     <codeInsight.fillParagraph language="ReST" implementationClass="com.jetbrains.rest.actions.RestFillParagraphHandler"/>
 
+    <additionalTextAttributes scheme="Default" file="colorSchemes/RestDefault.xml"/>
+    <additionalTextAttributes scheme="Darcula" file="colorSchemes/RestDarcula.xml"/>
   </extensions>
 
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij.spellchecker">
diff --git a/python/rest/resources/colorSchemes/RestDarcula.xml b/python/rest/resources/colorSchemes/RestDarcula.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84944f7ebe23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/rest/resources/colorSchemes/RestDarcula.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<list>
+  <option name="REST.BOLD">
+    <value>
+      <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.FIXED">
+    <value>
+      <option name="BACKGROUND" value="a3a08" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.INLINE">
+    <value>
+      <option name="BACKGROUND" value="236423" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.INTERPRETED">
+    <value>
+      <option name="BACKGROUND" value="15463c" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.ITALIC">
+    <value>
+      <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+</list>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/rest/resources/colorSchemes/RestDefault.xml b/python/rest/resources/colorSchemes/RestDefault.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7af0abfb513a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/rest/resources/colorSchemes/RestDefault.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<list>
+  <option name="REST.BOLD">
+    <value>
+      <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="1" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.FIXED">
+    <value>
+      <option name="BACKGROUND" value="D9D9F0" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.INLINE">
+    <value>
+      <option name="BACKGROUND" value="EDFCED" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.INTERPRETED">
+    <value>
+      <option name="BACKGROUND" value="CADABA" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="REST.ITALIC">
+    <value>
+      <option name="FONT_TYPE" value="2" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+</list>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml b/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml
index 079051743919..e38d2676a05c 100644
--- a/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml
+++ b/python/src/META-INF/python-plugin-common.xml
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@
     <statistics.usagesCollector implementation="com.jetbrains.python.statistics.PyInterpreterUsagesCollector"/>
     <statistics.usagesCollector implementation="com.jetbrains.python.statistics.PyPackageUsagesCollector"/>
 
+    <additionalTextAttributes scheme="Default" file="colorSchemes/PythonDefault.xml"/>
+    <additionalTextAttributes scheme="Darcula" file="colorSchemes/PythonDarcula.xml"/>
+
     <!-- Cython -->
     <lang.parserDefinition language="Cython" implementationClass="com.jetbrains.cython.parser.CythonParserDefinition"/>
     <lang.syntaxHighlighterFactory key="Cython" implementationClass="com.jetbrains.cython.CythonSyntaxHighlighterFactory"/>
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/buildout/config/BuildoutCfgSyntaxHighlighter.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/buildout/config/BuildoutCfgSyntaxHighlighter.java
index d83b981a189a..34c0567b0193 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/buildout/config/BuildoutCfgSyntaxHighlighter.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/buildout/config/BuildoutCfgSyntaxHighlighter.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.jetbrains.python.buildout.config;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.intellij.lexer.Lexer;
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.SyntaxHighlighterColors;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.SyntaxHighlighterBase;
@@ -41,34 +42,34 @@ public class BuildoutCfgSyntaxHighlighter extends SyntaxHighlighterBase implemen
 
 
   public static final TextAttributesKey BUILDOUT_SECTION_NAME =
-    TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("BUILDOUT.SECTION_NAME", SyntaxHighlighterColors.NUMBER.getDefaultAttributes().clone());
+    TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("BUILDOUT.SECTION_NAME", SyntaxHighlighterColors.NUMBER);
 
   public static final TextAttributesKey BUILDOUT_KEY = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
     "BUILDOUT.KEY",
-    SyntaxHighlighterColors.KEYWORD.getDefaultAttributes()
+    DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.KEYWORD
   );
 
   public static final TextAttributesKey BUILDOUT_VALUE = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
     "BUILDOUT.VALUE",
-    SyntaxHighlighterColors.STRING.getDefaultAttributes()
+    DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.STRING
   );
 
   public static final TextAttributesKey BUILDOUT_COMMENT = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
     "BUILDOUT.LINE_COMMENT",
-    SyntaxHighlighterColors.LINE_COMMENT.getDefaultAttributes()
+    DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.LINE_COMMENT
   );
 
   public static final TextAttributesKey BUILDOUT_KEY_VALUE_SEPARATOR = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
     "BUILDOUT.KEY_VALUE_SEPARATOR",
-    SyntaxHighlighterColors.OPERATION_SIGN.getDefaultAttributes()
+    DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.OPERATION_SIGN
   );
   public static final TextAttributesKey BUILDOUT_VALID_STRING_ESCAPE = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
     "BUILDOUT.VALID_STRING_ESCAPE",
-    SyntaxHighlighterColors.VALID_STRING_ESCAPE.getDefaultAttributes()
+    DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.VALID_STRING_ESCAPE
   );
   public static final TextAttributesKey BUILDOUT_INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
     "BUILDOUT.INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE",
-    SyntaxHighlighterColors.INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE.getDefaultAttributes()
+    DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE
   );
 
 
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java
index b32606a196e3..3e59975f1003 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/highlighting/PyHighlighter.java
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ package com.jetbrains.python.highlighting;
 import com.intellij.lexer.LayeredLexer;
 import com.intellij.lexer.Lexer;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.HighlighterColors;
-import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.CodeInsightColors;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey;
-import com.intellij.openapi.editor.markup.TextAttributes;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.SyntaxHighlighterBase;
 import com.intellij.psi.StringEscapesTokenTypes;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
@@ -16,11 +14,10 @@ import com.jetbrains.python.lexer.PythonHighlightingLexer;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.LanguageLevel;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.awt.*;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static com.intellij.openapi.editor.SyntaxHighlighterColors.*;
+import static com.intellij.openapi.editor.DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.*;
 
 /**
  * Colors and lexer(s) needed for highlighting.
@@ -56,72 +53,50 @@ public class PyHighlighter extends SyntaxHighlighterBase {
     return new PythonHighlightingLexer(myLanguageLevel);
   }
 
-  private static TextAttributesKey _copy(String name, TextAttributesKey src) {
-    return TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(name, src.getDefaultAttributes().clone());
-  }
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_KEYWORD = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.KEYWORD", KEYWORD);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_KEYWORD = _copy("PY.KEYWORD", KEYWORD);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_BYTE_STRING = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.STRING.B", STRING);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_UNICODE_STRING = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.STRING.U", STRING);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_NUMBER = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.NUMBER", NUMBER);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_BYTE_STRING = _copy("PY.STRING.B", STRING);
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_UNICODE_STRING = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.STRING.U",
-    new TextAttributes(new Color(0, 128, 128), null, null, null, STRING.getDefaultAttributes().getFontType())
-  );
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_NUMBER = _copy("PY.NUMBER", NUMBER);
+  static final TextAttributesKey PY_LINE_COMMENT = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.LINE_COMMENT", LINE_COMMENT);
 
-  static final TextAttributesKey PY_LINE_COMMENT = _copy("PY.LINE_COMMENT", LINE_COMMENT);
+  static final TextAttributesKey PY_OPERATION_SIGN = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.OPERATION_SIGN", OPERATION_SIGN);
 
-  static final TextAttributesKey PY_OPERATION_SIGN = _copy("PY.OPERATION_SIGN", OPERATION_SIGN);
+  static final TextAttributesKey PY_PARENTHS = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.PARENTHS", PARENTHESES);
 
-  static final TextAttributesKey PY_PARENTHS = _copy("PY.PARENTHS", PARENTHS);
+  static final TextAttributesKey PY_BRACKETS = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.BRACKETS", BRACKETS);
 
-  static final TextAttributesKey PY_BRACKETS = _copy("PY.BRACKETS", BRACKETS);
+  static final TextAttributesKey PY_BRACES = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.BRACES", BRACES);
 
-  static final TextAttributesKey PY_BRACES = _copy("PY.BRACES", BRACES);
+  static final TextAttributesKey PY_COMMA = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.COMMA", COMMA);
 
-  static final TextAttributesKey PY_COMMA = _copy("PY.COMMA", COMMA);
+  static final TextAttributesKey PY_DOT = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.DOT", DOT);
 
-  static final TextAttributesKey PY_DOT = _copy("PY.DOT", DOT);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_DOC_COMMENT = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.DOC_COMMENT", DOC_COMMENT);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_DOC_COMMENT = _copy("PY.DOC_COMMENT", DOC_COMMENT);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_DOC_COMMENT_TAG = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.DOC_COMMENT_TAG", DOC_COMMENT_TAG);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_DOC_COMMENT_TAG = _copy("PY.DOC_COMMENT_TAG", DOC_COMMENT_TAG);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_DECORATOR = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.DECORATOR", IDENTIFIER);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_DECORATOR = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.DECORATOR", new TextAttributes(Color.blue.darker(), null, null, null, Font.PLAIN)
-  );
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_CLASS_DEFINITION = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.CLASS_DEFINITION", CLASS_NAME);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_CLASS_DEFINITION = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.CLASS_DEFINITION", new TextAttributes(Color.black, null, null, null, Font.BOLD)
-  );
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_FUNC_DEFINITION = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.FUNC_DEFINITION", FUNCTION_DECLARATION);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_FUNC_DEFINITION = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.FUNC_DEFINITION", new TextAttributes(Color.black, null, null, null, Font.BOLD)
-  );
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_PREDEFINED_DEFINITION = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.PREDEFINED_DEFINITION", PREDEFINED_SYMBOL);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_PREDEFINED_DEFINITION = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.PREDEFINED_DEFINITION", new TextAttributes(Color.magenta.darker(), null, null, null, Font.BOLD)
-  );
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_PREDEFINED_USAGE = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.PREDEFINED_USAGE", PREDEFINED_SYMBOL);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_PREDEFINED_USAGE = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.PREDEFINED_USAGE", new TextAttributes(Color.magenta.darker(), null, null, null, Font.PLAIN)
-  );
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_BUILTIN_NAME = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.BUILTIN_NAME", PREDEFINED_SYMBOL);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_BUILTIN_NAME = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.BUILTIN_NAME",
-    new TextAttributes(KEYWORD.getDefaultAttributes().getForegroundColor(), null, null, null, Font.PLAIN)
-  );
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_PARAMETER = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.PARAMETER", PARAMETER);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_SELF_PARAMETER = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey( "PY.SELF_PARAMETER", PARAMETER);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_PARAMETER =_copy("PY.PARAMETER", CodeInsightColors.PARAMETER_ATTRIBUTES);
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_SELF_PARAMETER = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.SELF_PARAMETER", new TextAttributes(new Color(148, 85, 141), null, null, null, Font.PLAIN));
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_KEYWORD_ARGUMENT = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.KEYWORD_ARGUMENT", PARAMETER);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_KEYWORD_ARGUMENT = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey(
-    "PY.KEYWORD_ARGUMENT", new TextAttributes(new Color(102, 0, 153), null, null, null, Font.PLAIN));
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_VALID_STRING_ESCAPE = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.VALID_STRING_ESCAPE", VALID_STRING_ESCAPE);
 
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_VALID_STRING_ESCAPE = _copy("PY.VALID_STRING_ESCAPE", VALID_STRING_ESCAPE);
-
-  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE = _copy("PY.INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE", INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE);
+  public static final TextAttributesKey PY_INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("PY.INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE", INVALID_STRING_ESCAPE);
   
   /**
    * The 'heavy' constructor that initializes everything. PySyntaxHighlighterFactory caches such instances per level.