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Windows Terminal not displaying pure black background, vim colorscheme #18953

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opened 2026-01-31 06:29:23 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:29:23 +00:00
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Originally created by @ridhwaans on GitHub (Nov 24, 2022).

Windows Terminal version

1.7.3651

Windows build number

22H2 build 22621.819

Other Software

WSL2 (Ubuntu & ZSH)

Steps to reproduce

links to theme used

  1. load the theme in windows terminal & vim, login zsh
  2. open vim
  3. check the background colors

Expected Behavior

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Expecting vim in windows terminal to look like the above with pure black background and better colors

Actual Behavior

image

The same colorscheme is showing a gray background and black in the border areas.

Would like to know what vim settings to use to fix it

Thanks

Originally created by @ridhwaans on GitHub (Nov 24, 2022). ### Windows Terminal version 1.7.3651 ### Windows build number 22H2 build 22621.819 ### Other Software WSL2 (Ubuntu & ZSH) ### Steps to reproduce links to theme used - [windows-terminal/settings.json scheme](https://github.com/whatyouhide/gotham-contrib/blob/master/windows-terminal/settings.json) - [vim colorscheme](https://github.com/whatyouhide/vim-gotham) 1) load the theme in windows terminal & vim, login zsh 2) open vim 3) check the background colors ### Expected Behavior ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1103336/203832500-9c0b8af9-71fa-4f77-bd90-753796933fe8.png) Expecting vim in windows terminal to look like the above with pure black background and better colors ### Actual Behavior ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1103336/203832464-3cddcbe9-4db8-409a-8a5f-72219569b30c.png) The same colorscheme is showing a gray background and black in the border areas. Would like to know what vim settings to use to fix it Thanks
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claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:29:24 +00:00
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@elsaco commented on GitHub (Nov 24, 2022):

@ridhwaans there are two gotham color schemes and looks like your're loading gotham.vim. To get the one with the black backgound load gotham256.vim.

gotham.vim:

gotham

and gotham256.vim:

gotham256

@elsaco commented on GitHub (Nov 24, 2022): @ridhwaans there are two `gotham` color schemes and looks like your're loading `gotham.vim`. To get the one with the black backgound load `gotham256.vim`. `gotham.vim`: ![gotham](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3933920/203838004-587da95b-c544-44f8-8083-1d464b32d58d.PNG) and `gotham256.vim`: ![gotham256](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3933920/203838056-6d5dd4d6-26e0-41bf-a685-c742a810aa65.PNG)
claunia commented 2026-01-31 06:29:24 +00:00
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@ridhwaans commented on GitHub (Nov 25, 2022):

thanks

@ridhwaans commented on GitHub (Nov 25, 2022): thanks
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