Re: Change syntax highlighting colors for C source files

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:42:31 -0400
> From: Bob Johnson <robertjo@physics.upenn.edu>
> 
> How would I change some of the syntax highlighting colors in Emacs? For 
> example,
> the argument of a printf statement in a C source file is highlighted in bright
> pink. Since bright pink on a white background has very little contrast, I 
> would
> like to change the highlighting to something darker. I couldn't find where 
> these
> options were located in the Customize Emacs menu.

You want to change the font-lock-string face.  Note that this change
is a general one: it will affect _all_ strings Emacs fontifies in
_any_ language, not only in C.