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A splash of colour

Quicktags are those useful 'one-click' buttons that insert code for you, and the default install has these;

Thing is, they look rather pale don't they.

Just put this at the bottom of your wp-admin.css and then do a page reload (that's CTRL-F5 if you use Windows) when on your "Write" screen.

#ed_strong {
background-color:#ff0000;
}
#ed_em {
background-color:#ff6633;
}
#ed_link {
background-color:#ffff00;
}
#ed_block {
background-color:#CCFF66;
}
#ed_del {
background-color:#00CC00;
}
#ed_ins {
background-color:#33FF99;
}
#ed_img {
background-color:#00FFFF;
}
#ed_ul {
background-color:#0066CC;
}
#ed_ol {
background-color:#9933FF;
}
#ed_li {
background-color:#993399;
}
#ed_pre {
background-color:#CCCCCC;
}
#ed_more {
font-weight: bold;
border: dotted;
}
#ed_next {
color:#ff0000;
background-color:#000;
}

There are no 'rules' about how you can style these, so just play !