How to Change Background/Foreground Color to Vim

We can change the background and foreground colors in Vim editor using the colorscheme.

Let's say you have opened a file using Vim and now you want to change the color scheme, you can simply type :colorscheme followed by the name of the color scheme.

Example:

:colorscheme desert

List of Color Schemes: Vim

Colorscheme Name	Background Color	Foreground Color
desert	Dark Gray	Light Orange
gruvbox	Dark Brown	Light Beige
solarized	Dark Blue-Green	Light Blue-Gray
molokai	Dark Charcoal	Light Gray
nord	Dark Blue-Gray	Light Gray-Blue
dracula	Dark Purple-Blue	Light Gray
onedark	Dark Blue-Gray	Light Gray
monokai	Dark Green-Gray	Light Gray
jellybeans	Dark Purple	Light Beige
iceberg	Dark Blue-Gray	Light Blue

Adding the colorscheme in .vimrc:

Open the .vimrc file using the vim editor and add the following line.

vim ~/.vimrc

colorscheme desert

Save and Quit.

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