--- colordiff
+++ colordiff-git
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
 
 # Default colours if /etc/colordiffrc or ~/.colordiffrc do not exist
 my $plain_text = $colour{white};
-my $file_old   = $colour{red};
-my $file_new   = $colour{blue};
+my $file_old   = $colour{darkred};
+my $file_new   = $colour{darkgreen};
 my $diff_stuff = $colour{magenta};
 my $diff_file  = $diff_stuff;
-my $cvs_stuff  = $colour{green};
+my $cvs_stuff  = $colour{darkblack};
 
 # Config options controlling presence or absence of colour in output
 # cfg_* options come from config files
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         @ENV{qw/HOME USERPROFILE/})[0] || '';
 my $etcdir = '/etc';
 my ($setting, $value);
-my @config_files = ("$etcdir/colordiffrc");
+my @config_files = ();
 my $USER_CONFIG_DIR = (grep { defined && length }
         @ENV{qw/XDG_CONFIG_HOME LOCALAPPDATA APPDATA/})[0] || '';
 if (length $USER_CONFIG_DIR) {