title: Why do some variable declarations have "pale" colors?
body: <p>I would like to know why some variable declarations in a class module get a pale color in VS2017.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XV8iy.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XV8iy.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>When I hover the mouse for example over the "_sTitle" declaration, it suggests "Use automatically generated properties". </p>
  
  <p>Is that why VS2017 makes it pale?</p>
  
  <p>When I click to perform the suggestion, it turns my existing code</p>
  
  <pre><code>Public Property Title() As String
      Get
          Return _sTitle
      End Get
      Set(ByVal value As String)
          _sTitle = value
      End Set
  End Property
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>into this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Public Property Title() As String
  = String.Empty
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which of course won't compile.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>