Add the following to your ~/.muttrc file (taken from the Debin /etc/Muttrc):

color hdrdefault cyan default
color quoted   green default
color signature        cyan default
color attachment brightyellow default
color indicator black cyan
color status   brightgreen blue
color tree     red default
color markers  brightred default
color tilde    blue default
color header   brightgreen default ^From:
color header   brightcyan default ^To:
color header   brightcyan default ^Reply-To:
color header   brightcyan default ^Cc:
color header   brightblue default ^Subject:
color body     brightred default [\-\.+_a-zA-Z0-9]+@[\-\.a-zA-Z0-9]+
color body     brightblue default (http|ftp)://[\-\.\,/%~_:?\#a-zA-Z0-9]+

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