gistfile1.txt

for bash color run this:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mavnn/mintty-colors-solarized/master/.minttyrc.dark > ~/.mintty

Modify the .mintty file to liking

then reload cygwin

for the matching vim color scheme:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized/master/colors/solarized.vim > ~/.vim/colors/solarized.vim

Add the folowing to ~/.vimrc:
set t_co=256
syntax on
set background=dark
colorscheme solarized