diff --git a/mode/colortest.py b/mode/colortest.py
index 6027d65..73232be 100644
--- a/mode/colortest.py
+++ b/mode/colortest.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import color
 from mode import Fundamental
 from lex import Grammar, PatternRule
 
+# this mode is kind of fake--it creates and loads a whole bunch of fake token
+# classes that are used to populate the view-token-colors command with useful
+# versions of the 256 colors (e.g. red-401, magenta-503, etc).
+
 class ColortestGrammar(Grammar):
     rules = []
     for i in range(0, 256):
@@ -13,25 +17,9 @@ class Colortest(Fundamental):
     grammar = ColortestGrammar
     colors  = {}
 
-def abc(name, r, g, b):
+for name, r, g, b in color.iter256():
     name2 = name + str(r) + str(g) + str(b)
     ColortestGrammar.rules.append(PatternRule('z-' + name2, name2))
     Colortest.colors['z-' + name2] = (name2, 'default')
 
-for name, r, g, b in color.iter256():
-    abc(name, r, g, b)
-
-#for i in range(1, 6):
-#    for j in range(0, i):
-#        for k in range(0, i):
-#            abc('red', i, j, k)
-#            abc('green', j, i, k)
-#            abc('blue', j, k, i)
-#
-#for i in range(1, 6):
-#    for j in range(0, i):
-#        abc('yellow', i, i, j)
-#        abc('cyan', j, i, i)
-#        abc('magenta', i, j, i)
-
 install = Colortest.install