Tokenizer + ::mark() = syntax colorizer

Here is selfie of syntax (tiscript) colorizer – the text below is a full source code of syntax highlighting routine.
The code has colorized itself:

syntax colorizer
syntax colorizer

Can your browser do that in 40 lines of code?

And here are styles that define style of tokens:

plaintext > text::mark(number) { color: brown; }
plaintext > text::mark(number-unit) { color: brown; }
plaintext > text::mark(string) { color: teal; }
plaintext > text::mark(keyword) { color: blue; }
plaintext > text::mark(symbol) { color: brown; }
plaintext > text::mark(literal) { color: brown; }
plaintext > text::mark(comment) { color: green; }

Easy, no?

And even shorter selfie, colorizer wrapped as an aspect component (referenced from colorizer.css):
colorizer

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