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diff --git a/shell/env b/shell/env
index 2c81633..2a1fc19 100644
--- a/shell/env
+++ b/shell/env
@@ -48,6 +48,24 @@ export EDITOR
 PAGER=less
 export PAGER
 
+escape=`printf '\033'`
+# Color man pages viewed with less, thanks to [1].
+#
+# [1]: http://nion.modprobe.de/blog/archives/572-less-colors-for-man-pages.html
+#
+# Color bold strings in bold blue.
+LESS_TERMCAP_md="${escape}[01;34m"
+LESS_TERMCAP_me="${escape}[0m"
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md LESS_TERMCAP_me
+# Color underlined strings in bold yellow and underlined.
+LESS_TERMCAP_us="${escape}[01;4;33m"
+LESS_TERMCAP_ue="${escape}[0m"
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us LESS_TERMCAP_ue
+# Color standout mode in bold black with yellow background.
+LESS_TERMCAP_so="${escape}[01;30;43m"
+LESS_TERMCAP_se="${escape}[0m"
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so LESS_TERMCAP_se
+
 # Use ~/.tmp as directory for temporary files if available to reduce security
 # problems on multi-user systems.
 if test -O "$HOME/.tmp" && test -d "$HOME/.tmp"; then