If you open up Settings > Style Configurator, you can inspect and customize a language's styles and syntax. Regarding Bash, intruction words or commands are highlighted as blue (#0000FF) by default.

The list of keywords includes:
alias ar asa awk banner basename bash bc bdiff break bunzip2 bzip2 cal
calendar case cat cc cd chmod cksum clear cmp col comm compress
continue cp cpio crypt csplit ctags cut date dc dd declare deroff dev
df diff diff3 dircmp dirname do done du echo ed egrep elif else env
esac eval ex exec exit expand export expr false fc fgrep fi file find
fmt fold for function functions getconf getopt getopts grep gres hash
head help history iconv id if in integer jobs join kill local lc let
line ln logname look ls m4 mail mailx make man mkdir more mt mv newgrp
nl nm nohup ntps od pack paste patch pathchk pax pcat perl pg pr print
printf ps pwd read readonly red return rev rm rmdir sed select set sh
shift size sleep sort spell split start stop strings strip stty sum
suspend sync tail tar tee test then time times touch tr trap true
tsort tty type typeset ulimit umask unalias uname uncompress unexpand
uniq unpack unset until uudecode uuencode vi vim vpax wait wc whence
which while who wpaste wstart xargs zcat
Update:
You may also be referring to parameters which are highlighted with a foreground of teal (#008080) and a background of aqua (#00FFFF).

tealthanblue. – iglvzx Feb 29 '12 at 18:14