This was always my concern too... I use noctu.vim: https://github.com/noahfrederick/vim-noctu https://github.com/noahfrederick/vim-noctu It takes colours from

This was always my concern too... I use noctu.vim: https://github.com/noahfrederick/vim-noctu https://github.com/noahfrederick/vim-noctu It takes colours from your .Xdefaults/.Xresources, and all terminal apps just use your configured scheme. See also: http://www.xcolors.net/ http://www.xcolors.net/