

You can control your vim color settings in your vim startup file.

If you’re interested in choosing a vim color scheme, or figuring out which colorschemes are available on your system, please see my vi/vim color scheme (colorscheme) tutorial. Note: This tutorial is about how to manually configure vim color settings. In this article I'll try to demonstrate how you can change the colors in vim to be a little more pleasing, or at least be more in your control.

When using vim syntax highlighting, a common complaint is that the default color scheme is a little too bold. Vim colors FAQ: Can you provide details on how to control/configure colors in the vim editor (i.e., vim color settings)?
