I second that.

Change #1110051 had a related patch set uploaded (by MusikAnimal; author: MusikAnimal):

[mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror@master] CodeMirrorMediaWiki: remove @template-color from template values

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1110051

Change #1110051 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror@master] CodeMirrorMediaWiki: remove @template-color from template values

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1110051

Change #1118771 had a related patch set uploaded (by MusikAnimal; author: MusikAnimal):

[mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror@master] CodeMirrorMediaWiki: rm dark mode styles applying color to template text

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1118771

Change #1118771 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror@master] CodeMirrorMediaWiki: rm dark mode styles applying color to template text

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1118771

I wish to say that, at least for me, the inside of templates being marked with a different colour improves readability when dealing with a lot of text.

on Wiktionary, it is way way harder to tell where the quotations end and where the definitions begin, as they are all in white and densely mixed together. on Wikipedia, I find it easier to orient myself between the many templates (infoboxes, references, images, quotations) and the body text with the use of purple.

In T383479#10565800, @JnpoJuwan wrote:

I wish to say that, at least for me, the inside of templates being marked with a different colour improves readability when dealing with a lot of text.

on Wiktionary, it is way way harder to tell where the quotations end and where the definitions begin, as they are all in white and densely mixed together. on Wikipedia, I find it easier to orient myself between the many templates (infoboxes, references, images, quotations) and the body text with the use of purple.

I gave the custom CSS on Discord, but to repeat here:

.cm-mw-template {
    color: #80c;
}
html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .cm-mw-template {
    color: #af84e6;
}
@media ( prefers-color-scheme: dark ) {
    html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .cm-mw-template {
        color: #af84e6;
    }
}

The point about Wiktionary concerns me. If a whole wiki would benefit from the original styles, I wonder if it should be a config setting. It could also be a CodeMirror preference, if we think users will want individual control over this.