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

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.