diff --git a/syntax/sql.nanorc b/syntax/sql.nanorc
index 052cb9ce..5206e493 100644
--- a/syntax/sql.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/sql.nanorc
@@ -4,49 +4,49 @@ syntax sql "\.sql$"
 comment "-- "
 
 # Types.
-color green "\<(integer|int[248]|(big|small)?(int|serial)|decimal|numeric|real|double precision)\>"
-color green "\<(bit( varying)?|boolean|bytea|enum|money|tsquery|tsvector|uuid|xml)\>"
-color green "\<(char|varchar|character( varying)?|text|cidr|inet|macaddr8?)\>"
-color green "\<(date|interval|time(stamp)?( with(out)? time zone)?)\>"
-color green "\<(box|circle|line|lseg|path|point|polygon)\>"
-color green "\<(date|int[48]|num|ts|tstz)range\>"
+icolor #0a4 "\<(integer|int[248]|(big|small)?(int|serial)|decimal|numeric|real|double precision)\>"
+icolor #0a4 "\<(bit( varying)?|boolean|bytea|enum|money|tsquery|tsvector|uuid|xml)\>"
+icolor #0a4 "\<(char|varchar|character( varying)?|text|cidr|inet|macaddr8?)\>"
+icolor #0a4 "\<(date|interval|time(stamp)?( with(out)? time zone)?)\>"
+icolor #0a4 "\<(box|circle|line|lseg|path|point|polygon)\>"
+icolor #0a4 "\<(date|int[48]|num|ts|tstz)range\>"
 
 # SQL keywords.
-color lagoon "\<(ABORT|AGGREGATE|ALL|ALTER|ANALYZE|AND|ANY|AS|BEGIN|BETWEEN|CAST|CHECKPOINT)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(CLOSE|CLUSTER|COLLATION|COMMENT|COMMIT|CONSTRAINTS?|CONVERSION|COPY|CREATE)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(DATABASE|DEALLOCATE|DECLARE|DEFAULT|DELETE|DISCARD|DISTINCT|DO|DOMAIN|DROP)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(END|EXCEPT|EXECUTE|EXISTS|EXPLAIN|EXTENSION|FETCH|FOREIGN (DATA WRAPPER|SCHEMA|TABLE))\>"
-color lagoon "\<(FROM|FUNCTION|GRANT|GROUP( BY)?|HAVING|IN|INDEX|INSERT|INTERSECT|INTO|IS)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(NATURAL )?(INNER |OUTER |CROSS |(LEFT|RIGHT|FULL)( OUTER)? )?JOIN\>"
-color lagoon "\<((PRIMARY|FOREIGN) KEY|LANGUAGE|LOAD|LIKE|LOCK|MOVE|NOT|NOTIFY|NULL)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(ON|ONLY|OPERATOR( CLASS| FAMILY)?|OR|ORDER BY|PREPARED?|PRIVILEGES)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(RELEASE|RESET|RETURN(S|ING)|REVOKE|ROLE|ROLLBACK|RULE|SAVEPOINT|SCHEMA)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(SELECT|SEQUENCE|SERVER|SESSION AUTHORIZATION|SET|SHOW|START|SYSTEM)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(TABLE(SPACE)?|TEXT SEARCH (CONFIGURATION|DICTIONARY|PARSER|TEMPLATE))\>"
-color lagoon "\<(TO|TRANSACTION|(EVENT )?TRIGGER|TYPE|UNION|UPDATE|USER( MAPPING)?|USING)\>"
-color lagoon "\<(VACUUM|VALUES|((REFRESH )?MATERIALIZED )?VIEW|WHERE|WITH)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(ABORT|AGGREGATE|ALL|ALTER|ANALYZE|AND|ANY|AS|BEGIN|BETWEEN|CAST|CHECKPOINT)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(CLOSE|CLUSTER|COLLATION|COMMENT|COMMIT|CONSTRAINTS?|CONVERSION|COPY|CREATE)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(DATABASE|DEALLOCATE|DECLARE|DEFAULT|DELETE|DISCARD|DISTINCT|DO|DOMAIN|DROP)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(END|EXCEPT|EXECUTE|EXISTS|EXPLAIN|EXTENSION|FETCH|FOREIGN (DATA WRAPPER|SCHEMA|TABLE))\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(FROM|FUNCTION|GRANT|GROUP( BY)?|HAVING|IN|INDEX|INSERT|INTERSECT|INTO|IS)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(NATURAL )?(INNER |OUTER |CROSS |(LEFT|RIGHT|FULL)( OUTER)? )?JOIN\>"
+icolor #48c "\<((PRIMARY|FOREIGN) KEY|LANGUAGE|LOAD|LIKE|LOCK|MOVE|NOT|NOTIFY|NULL)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(ON|ONLY|OPERATOR( CLASS| FAMILY)?|OR|ORDER BY|PREPARED?|PRIVILEGES)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(RELEASE|RESET|RETURN(S|ING)|REVOKE|ROLE|ROLLBACK|RULE|SAVEPOINT|SCHEMA)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(SELECT|SEQUENCE|SERVER|SESSION AUTHORIZATION|SET|SHOW|START|SYSTEM)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(TABLE(SPACE)?|TEXT SEARCH (CONFIGURATION|DICTIONARY|PARSER|TEMPLATE))\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(TO|TRANSACTION|(EVENT )?TRIGGER|TYPE|UNION|UPDATE|USER( MAPPING)?|USING)\>"
+icolor #48c "\<(VACUUM|VALUES|((REFRESH )?MATERIALIZED )?VIEW|WHERE|WITH)\>"
 
 # Flow control.
-color brightyellow "\<(CASE|WHEN|IF|THEN|ELSE|ELSE?IF|LOOP|CONTINUE|EXIT)\>"
-color brightyellow "\<(FOR|FOREACH|IN|WHILE|END (CASE|IF|LOOP))\>"
-color magenta "\<(RAISE|EXCEPTION|NOTICE|RETURN)\>"
+icolor #cc0 "\<(CASE|WHEN|IF|THEN|ELSE|ELSE?IF|LOOP|CONTINUE|EXIT)\>"
+icolor #cc0 "\<(FOR|FOREACH|IN|WHILE|END (CASE|IF|LOOP))\>"
+icolor #a4a "\<(RAISE|EXCEPTION|NOTICE|RETURN)\>"
 
 # Quoted identifiers.  (First scare-color all, then uncolor what is valid.)
 color ,red ""[^"]+""
 color normal ""[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_$]*""
 
 # Strings.
-color lime "'([^']|\\')*'"
+color #4c0 "'([^']|\\')*'"
 
 # Trailing whitespace.
 color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"
 
 # Comments.
-color pink "(--|//).*"
-color pink start="/\*" end="\*/"
+color italic,#c44 "(--|//).*"
+color italic,#c44 start="/\*" end="\*/"
 
 # PostgreSQL default schemas.
 color grey "\<(pg_catalog|public)\>"
 
 # PostgreSQL PLs.
-color mauve "\<(SQL|pl(java|perlu?|pgsql|py|pythonu?|r|ruby|scheme|sh|tcl))\>"
+color #c08 "\<(SQL|pl(java|perlu?|pgsql|py|pythonu?|r|ruby|scheme|sh|tcl))\>"