Using Vim with light or white background color scheme

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Grace Ladder picture Grace Ladder · Nov 2, 2010 · Viewed 36.4k times · Source

When using Vim with on a terminal with a light or white background, most color schemes are subtly broken. How can I fix this? Is it possible to use a color scheme which is designed for a light or a white background?

How can I chose a vim colorschemes which uses white/or lightgrey as background color?

Answer

mk12 picture mk12 · Jun 16, 2012

Solarized For Vim python code files:

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More work has been put into this than your average color scheme.

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