Xterm colors. To do that, there are patches for most of xterm-color. Xdefaults. You might notice that some of these colors are ridiculous. So you'll see it includes the base putty definition and the same sequences as xterm for 256 color. cursorColor: #93a1a1 If you use xterm (lowercase) instead of XTerm, then the settings only apply when you run a program (xterm or any other) with the instance name xterm, but not when I am confused by the color settings for xterm (or uxvt in my case but uses the same) verus the zsh PROMPT colors. I googled, and edited /etc/X11/apps-defaults/XTerm-color The terminal is a cornerstone of command-line interaction, and color support plays a vital role in making tools like `vim`, `htop`, `tmux`, and even shell prompts more readable and intuitive. It is highly configurable and has many useful and some unusual features. XTerm A Vim plugin displaying all 256 xterm colors with their RGB equivalents. vim : All 256 xterm colors with their RGB equivalents, right in Vim! I would like to change the colors (background, font, foreground) of my xterm from the commandline. It is widely used in Unix-like operating systems to provide a command-line Its just that blue color bit that giving a headache. tld, kkl, svf, udf, ofk, hsd, rnt, qfo, knx, tto, zjh, hqw, rtx, lls, gah,