Can I make my Mac OS X Terminal color items according to syntax, like the Ubuntu terminal?
My terminal colors

how to do it
download theme
from here: http://media.tannern.com/tanner.terminal
import into Terminal
After installing SIMBL and the correct terminalcolors you can import my terminal theme from the Terminal Preferences window.

other tweaks
Adding this to the file ~/.profile will make ls color it's output by default.
# Make ls use colors
export CLICOLOR=1
alias ls='ls -Fa'

Adding this will define colors as variables to make a prompt easier to edit.
# define colors
C_DEFAULT=&quot;\[\033[m\]&quot;
C_WHITE=&quot;\[\033[1m\]&quot;
C_BLACK=&quot;\[\033[30m\]&quot;
C_RED=&quot;\[\033[31m\]&quot;
C_GREEN=&quot;\[\033[32m\]&quot;
C_YELLOW=&quot;\[\033[33m\]&quot;
C_BLUE=&quot;\[\033[34m\]&quot;
C_PURPLE=&quot;\[\033[35m\]&quot;
C_CYAN=&quot;\[\033[36m\]&quot;
C_LIGHTGRAY=&quot;\[\033[37m\]&quot;
C_DARKGRAY=&quot;\[\033[1;30m\]&quot;
C_LIGHTRED=&quot;\[\033[1;31m\]&quot;
C_LIGHTGREEN=&quot;\[\033[1;32m\]&quot;
C_LIGHTYELLOW=&quot;\[\033[1;33m\]&quot;
C_LIGHTBLUE=&quot;\[\033[1;34m\]&quot;
C_LIGHTPURPLE=&quot;\[\033[1;35m\]&quot;
C_LIGHTCYAN=&quot;\[\033[1;36m\]&quot;
C_BG_BLACK=&quot;\[\033[40m\]&quot;
C_BG_RED=&quot;\[\033[41m\]&quot;
C_BG_GREEN=&quot;\[\033[42m\]&quot;
C_BG_YELLOW=&quot;\[\033[43m\]&quot;
C_BG_BLUE=&quot;\[\033[44m\]&quot;
C_BG_PURPLE=&quot;\[\033[45m\]&quot;
C_BG_CYAN=&quot;\[\033[46m\]&quot;
C_BG_LIGHTGRAY=&quot;\[\033[47m\]&quot;

Adding this will give you a multi-line colored prompt.
# set your prompt
export PS1=&quot;\n$C_LIGHTGREEN\u$C_DARKGRAY@$C_BLUE\h $C_DARKGRAY: $C_LIGHTYELLOW\w\n$C_DARKGRAY\$$C_DEFAULT &quot;

For a list of escape sequences to use in prompts check this article