I forget this every time I reinstall my machine, so I think it's time to document it somewhere.

• Download Solarized

• Unzip it and double click on the colour scheme you want (light or dark)

• Open iTerm2's preferences.

• Go to colours, load presets and select Solarized. Make sure that the minimum contrast slider is set to low

• Click on text, make sure that "Draw bold text in bright colours" is disabled

Done! You should now have a working colour scheme