A .Xdefaults file. Notable for the color scheme which I used for over a year. Tango colors were chosen and desaturated to 65% and 45%. Very readable for the most part. Really enjoy the Inconsolata font.

Xdefaults 2011

URxvt*scrollBar: false
! URxvt*font: xft:Inconsolata:bold:8
URxvt*font:    -*-terminus-bold-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*


! COLORS

urxvt*foreground: #b5ff59
urxvt*background: #1f1f1f

! Normal
! color0    black
! color1    red
! color2    green
! color3    yellow
! color4    blue
! color5    purple
! color6    cyan
! color7    white

! Colors selected at 65% saturation

urxvt*color0:    #1f1f1f
urxvt*color1:    #ff5959
urxvt*color2:    #b5ff59
urxvt*color3:    #fffd59
urxvt*color4:    #598dff
urxvt*color5:    #b759ff
urxvt*color6:    #59dbff
urxvt*color7:    #ffffff

! Light
! color8    black
! color9    red
! color10    green
! color11    yellow
! color12    blue
! color13    purple
! color14    cyan
! color15    white

! Same color but 45% saturation

urxvt*color8:     #535353
urxvt*color9:     #ff8c8c
urxvt*color10:    #ccff8c
urxvt*color11:    #fffe8c
urxvt*color12:    #8cb0ff
urxvt*color13:    #cd8cff
urxvt*color14:    #8ce6ff
urxvt*color15:    #cdcdcd

! Cursor Color

urxvt*cursorColor:	#ff5959