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Asked: 2026-05-24T20:24:23+00:00

I am using the desert colorscheme, which uses white text on orange background for

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I am using the desert colorscheme, which uses white text on orange background for highlighting search hits. The same pattern is used for the selected entry in the quickfix window.

White on orange is not very readable. How do I change that in .vimrc?

Edit: Thanks for the fast reply, for the desert scheme I am now using the following search highlight modification:

highlight Search guibg='Purple' guifg='NONE'

Purple is quite easy to detect visually and it is IMHO not used for syntax coloring in the desert scheme.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Look at $VIMRUNTIME/colors/desert.vim. Color mappings are defined there with the hi[ghlight] command. The search highlighting is defined as

    hi Search guibg=peru guifg=wheat

    for the GUI and

    hi Search cterm=NONE ctermfg=grey ctermbg=blue

    for terminals.

    You can override this setting in your .vimrc using the same command after you select your colorscheme. Type :h hi for help.

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