Have you looked into buffer-face-mood and view-mode-hook?

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Gary <help-gnu-emacs@garydjones.name> wrote:

> I was sure I had asked this before, but a quick look at the threads
> suggests not.
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> Is there any way of configuring things such that read-only buffers are
> displayed in a different colour scheme? Either by changing the
> background or, in the worst case, by using the faces that are used (I'm
> particularly interested in buffers using a homegrown mode, but would
> prefer a general solution).
>
> I'm using emacs-nox, if it makes any difference.
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> GNU Emacs 23.2.1
> emacsclient 23.2
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