diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 961f0375..abd8ebdb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org/>`_.
 `1.0.0-dev`_ (Unreleased)
 -------------------------
 
+* Changed the default color style back to``solarized`` as it supports
+  both the light and dark terminal background mode.
+
 
 `0.9.3`_ (2016-01-01)
 -------------------------
diff --git a/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py b/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py
index 65a57d7b..6ee3964b 100644
--- a/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py
+++ b/httpie/output/formatters/colors.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from httpie.plugins import FormatterPlugin
 # great and fruity seems to give the best result there.
 AVAILABLE_STYLES = set(pygments.styles.STYLE_MAP.keys())
 AVAILABLE_STYLES.add('solarized')
-DEFAULT_STYLE = 'monokai'
+DEFAULT_STYLE = 'solarized'
 
 
 class ColorFormatter(FormatterPlugin):
@@ -143,8 +143,6 @@ class HTTPLexer(pygments.lexer.RegexLexer):
     }
 
 
-# TODO: As Solarized is not the default theme any longer, it should be removed
-#       or bundled directly with Pygments so that we don't need to support it.
 class Solarized256Style(pygments.style.Style):
     """
     solarized256