semantics put way too many random colors on screen for me which makes things far too overwhelming to make out the syntax.

I'd prefer things to be highlighted more like my themes in IDEA: (based on python's IDLE for an IDE I'm working on)
light: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmYRT6cUFMehggtiecdGWSNxp2wmdrZejFCxVpb1Q2biH5?filename=getting_closer.png
dark: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVYwYVPEjEHXG4qq9GD2wxYwPSaooMW9ynh2p4TvcCQtM?filename=Collection_problems.png

in KDevelop, if I disable semantic highlights (like I've done in IDEA as well), then all variable, class, and function names are normal text.

in IDEA, `normal = param.call()` would be colored (my theme) `gray = navy.skyblue()`
and params like `self` or `cls` (first method param) would be a light teal

so you can see there's some colors going on

also doc-comments aren't red (my theme) ;)