Well that gets kind of complicated you may want to do :help hi. But here 
is an example

:hi normal guibg='blue'

Will turn the background color blue.

Carl Parrish.

Chris Cowan wrote:

>Does anyone know how to change the default colors for syntax highlighting in 
>VIM? 
>
>The defaults are horrible pastels and there is no way I'm working in those 
>all day...
>
>Chris
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