[Orgmode] Re: text color + highlight

[Jambunathan K]

    Eric> but again, I'm reticent to commit to any particular format, as
    Eric> Org-mode does a good job of feeling consistent, and I'd not
    Eric> want to hurt that consistency.

In an edit buffer, I would personally prefer to see the colour 'red'
visually rather than as a 'synctactic element'.

May be Org mode could be enhanced to honour (and coexist with) enriched
mode markups.

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Requesting-Formatted-Text.html#Requesting-Formatted-Text

Jambunathan K.