diff --git a/m/ansiTokenizer.go b/m/ansiTokenizer.go
index 1fd6cba..dbc25c0 100644
--- a/m/ansiTokenizer.go
+++ b/m/ansiTokenizer.go
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ func twinStyleFromChroma(chromaStyle *chroma.Style, chromaFormatter *chroma.Form
 	return &cells[0].Style
 }
 
-// ConsumeLessTermcapEnvs parses LESS_TERMCAP_xx environment variables and
+// consumeLessTermcapEnvs parses LESS_TERMCAP_xx environment variables and
 // adapts the moar output accordingly.
-func ConsumeLessTermcapEnvs(chromaStyle *chroma.Style, chromaFormatter *chroma.Formatter) {
+func consumeLessTermcapEnvs(chromaStyle *chroma.Style, chromaFormatter *chroma.Formatter) {
 	// Requested here: https://github.com/walles/moar/issues/14
 
 	setStyle(&manPageBold, "LESS_TERMCAP_md", twinStyleFromChroma(chromaStyle, chromaFormatter, chroma.GenericStrong))
@@ -126,6 +126,20 @@ func ConsumeLessTermcapEnvs(chromaStyle *chroma.Style, chromaFormatter *chroma.F
 	setStyle(standoutStyle, "LESS_TERMCAP_so", nil)
 }
 
+func styleUi(chromaStyle *chroma.Style, chromaFormatter *chroma.Formatter) {
+	if chromaStyle == nil || chromaFormatter == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	lineNumberStyle := twinStyleFromChroma(chromaStyle, chromaFormatter, chroma.LineNumbers)
+	if lineNumberStyle != nil {
+		// If somebody can provide an example where not-dimmed line numbers
+		// looks good I'll change this, but until then they will be dimmed no
+		// matter what the theme authors think.
+		_numberStyle = lineNumberStyle.WithAttr(twin.AttrDim)
+	}
+}
+
 func termcapToStyle(termcap string) twin.Style {
 	// Add a character to be sure we have one to take the format from
 	cells := cellsFromString(termcap+"x", nil).Cells
diff --git a/m/pager.go b/m/pager.go
index dfd5add..96b5f2f 100644
--- a/m/pager.go
+++ b/m/pager.go
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ func (p *Pager) StartPaging(screen twin.Screen, chromaStyle *chroma.Style, chrom
 	}()
 
 	unprintableStyle = p.UnprintableStyle
-	ConsumeLessTermcapEnvs(chromaStyle, chromaFormatter)
+	consumeLessTermcapEnvs(chromaStyle, chromaFormatter)
+	styleUi(chromaStyle, chromaFormatter)
 
 	p.screen = screen
 	p.linePrefix = getLineColorPrefix(chromaStyle, chromaFormatter)