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Vim Color Schemes

This page includes information about color schemes in Vim.

Color Scheme Paths

Linux

Installed color schemes live here:

/usr/share/vim/vim80/colors

User created themes go here:

~/.vim/colors/

Windows

User created themes go here:

C:\Users\<username>\vimfiles\colors

Highlight Syntax Options

Common Highlight Groups

1. UI Elements

Highlight Group	Description
`Normal`	Default text color
`Cursor`	The cursor itself
`CursorLine`	The current line background
`StatusLine`	Active status line
`StatusLineNC`	Inactive status line
`VertSplit`	Vertical split line
`Visual`	Text selected in visual mode
`LineNr`	Line numbers in the gutter
`Folded`	Folded text color

2. Syntax Elements

Highlight Group	Description
`Comment`	Comments (`//`, `#`, etc.)
`Constant`	Constants (like numbers, strings)
`Identifier`	Variable names
`Statement`	Control flow keywords (`if`, `for`, `return`)
`PreProc`	Preprocessor directives (`#include`, `import`)
`Type`	Type names (`int`, `float`, `char`)
`Special`	Special symbols or escape sequences

3. Special Effects

Highlight Group	Description
`Error`	Error messages
`Todo`	`TODO` comments
`Search`	Matches from `/search`
`IncSearch`	Incremental search matches
`MatchParen`	Matching parentheses

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