How to change color schemes #6360

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opened 2026-01-31 00:36:38 +00:00 by claunia · 1 comment
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Originally created by @cdmihai on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020).

I want to switch Terminal to a light color scheme (light background, dark letters). After a quick 2-3 minute inspection of the json settings it's still not clear how to do it. How does one do it? Ideally there would be a currentColorScheme setting which points to a symbolic name for the color scheme that I want.

Originally created by @cdmihai on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020). I want to switch Terminal to a light color scheme (light background, dark letters). After a quick 2-3 minute inspection of the json settings it's still not clear how to do it. How does one do it? Ideally there would be a `currentColorScheme` setting which points to a symbolic name for the color scheme that I want.
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@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020):

Each profile has a colorScheme, though it may not be present if it's set to the default value. Much of this is documented in Using JSON settings, which is linked from the About dialog.

@DHowett-MSFT commented on GitHub (Feb 10, 2020): Each profile has a `colorScheme`, though it may not be present if it's set to the default value. Much of this is documented in [Using JSON settings](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/user-docs/UsingJsonSettings.md), which is linked from the About dialog.
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Reference: starred/terminal#6360