Color theme for VS Code integrated terminal

Question

Can we change color settings of VS Code Integrated Terminal? Mine looks dull with just white.

Answer 1

You can actually modify your user settings and edit each colour individually by adding the following to the user settings.

1. Open user settings (Ctrl+,)
2. Search for workbench and select Edit in settings.json under Color Customizations

"workbench.colorCustomizations" : {
    "terminal.foreground" : "#00FD61",
    "terminal.background" : "#383737"
}

For more on what colors you can edit you can find out here.

Answer 2

In case you are color picky, use this code to customize every segment.

Step 1: Open user settings
Windows: Ctrl+,
Mac: CMD+Shift+P

Step 2: Search for "workbench: color customizations" and select Edit in settings.json. Page the following code inside existing {} and customize as you like.

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "terminal.background":"#131212",
    "terminal.foreground":"#dddad6",
    "terminal.ansiBlack":"#1D2021",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlack":"#665C54",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlue":"#0D6678",
    "terminal.ansiBrightCyan":"#8BA59B",
    "terminal.ansiBrightGreen":"#237e02",
    "terminal.ansiBrightMagenta":"#8F4673",
    "terminal.ansiBrightRed":"#FB543F",
    "terminal.ansiBrightWhite":"#FDF4C1",
    "terminal.ansiBrightYellow":"#FAC03B",
    "terminal.ansiBlue":"#00a1f9",
    "terminal.ansiCyan":"#8BA59B",
    "terminal.ansiGreen":"#95C085",
    "terminal.ansiMagenta":"#8F4673",
    "terminal.ansiRed":"#FB543F",
    "terminal.ansiWhite":"#A89984",
    "terminal.ansiYellow":"#FAC03B"
},

Resource: This site has VS Code themes you can copy/paste in settings. https://glitchbone.github.io/vscode-base16-term/#/

Answer 3

VSCode comes with in-built color themes which can be used to change the colors of the editor and the terminal.

• For changing the color theme press Ctrl+K+T in windows/ubuntu or CMD+K+T on mac.
• Alternatively you can open command palette by pressing Ctrl+Shift+P in windows/ubuntu or CMD+Shift+P on mac and type color. Select preferences: color theme from the options, to select your favourite color.
• You can also install more themes from the extensions menu on the left bar. just search category:themes to install your favourite themes. (If you need to sort the themes by installs search category:themes @sort:installs)

Edit - for manually editing colors in terminal

VSCode team have removed customizing colors from user settings page. Currently using the themes is the only way to customize terminal colors in VSCode. For more information check out issue #6766

Answer 4

Add workbench.colorCustomizations to user settings

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
  "terminal.background":"#FEFBEC",
  "terminal.foreground":"#6E6B5E",
  ...
}

Check https://glitchbone.github.io/vscode-base16-term for some presets.

Answer 5

The best colors I've found --which aside from being so beautiful, are very easy to look at too and do not boil my eyes-- are the ones I've found listed in this GitHub repository: VSCode Snazzy

Very Easy Installation:

Copy the contents of snazzy.json into your VS Code "settings.json" file.

(In case you don't know how to open the "settings.json" file, first hit Ctrl+Shift+P and then write Preferences: open settings(JSON) and hit enter).

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_Notice:_ For those who have tried ColorTool and it works outside VSCode but not inside VSCode, you've made no mistakes in implementing it, that's just a decision of VSCode developers for the VSCode's terminal to be colored independently.

Answer 6

Go to the settings of VSCode

On Windows/Linux - File > Preferences > Settings or Shortcut(ctrl,)

On macOS - Code > Preferences > Settings or Shortcut (⌘,) or Search (⇧⌘P) → “Preferences: Open Settings”

Search for "workbench: color customizations" and open the settings.json file

You can see workbench.colorCustomizations as empty if you are editing it for the first time,

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
}

Edit or Paste your configuration under workbench.colorCustomizations

Fill it with your customized options, I sharing Isotope theme here

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "terminal.background":"#000000",
    "terminal.foreground":"#D0D0D0",
    "terminalCursor.background":"#D0D0D0",
    "terminalCursor.foreground":"#D0D0D0",
    "terminal.ansiBlack":"#000000",
    "terminal.ansiBlue":"#0066FF",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlack":"#808080",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlue":"#0066FF",
    "terminal.ansiBrightCyan":"#00FFFF",
    "terminal.ansiBrightGreen":"#33FF00",
    "terminal.ansiBrightMagenta":"#CC00FF",
    "terminal.ansiBrightRed":"#FF0000",
    "terminal.ansiBrightWhite":"#FFFFFF",
    "terminal.ansiBrightYellow":"#FF0099",
    "terminal.ansiCyan":"#00FFFF",
    "terminal.ansiGreen":"#33FF00",
    "terminal.ansiMagenta":"#CC00FF",
    "terminal.ansiRed":"#FF0000",
    "terminal.ansiWhite":"#D0D0D0",
    "terminal.ansiYellow":"#FF0099"
}

Now you can able to see your changes in VS Code Terminal

For more themes => Base16 Themes

For more customization => VSCode Terminal Colors

Answer 7

if you want prebuilt theme for terminal first check out this link

copy the theme you want and in settings.json add:

"workbench.colorCustomizations":{
 //paste the copied theme  
}

Answer 8

I use Oh My Zsh. It takes the dullness away and also have nice features.

Check the link here: https://ohmyz.sh/

Answer 9

Check also VSCode 1.61 (Sept. 2021) with:

• Issue 128228 "Support setting terminal color in TerminalOptions | ExtensionTerminalOptions"
• PR 128856
• commit ad59706

It adds:

    export interface TerminalOptions {
        /**
         * Supports all ThemeColor keys, terminal.ansi* is recommended for contrast/consistency
         */
        color?: ThemeColor;
    }
    export interface ExtensionTerminalOptions {
        /**
         * Supports all ThemeColor keys, terminal.ansi* is recommended for contrast/consistency
         */
        color?: ThemeColor;
    }

Answer 10

On macOS - Code > Preferences > Settings or Shortcut (⌘,) or Search (⇧⌘P) → “Preferences: Open Settings”

"workbench.colorCustomizations": { } and choose which color you want form here: https://glitchbone.github.io/vscode-base16-term/#/

Answer 11

Gruvbox Dark color:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
    "terminal.background":"#252525",
    "terminal.foreground":"#ecdbb2",
    "terminal.ansiBlack":"#353535",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlack":"#a39586",
    "terminal.ansiBrightBlue":"#94b3a8",
    "terminal.ansiBrightCyan":"#9dd08e",
    "terminal.ansiBrightGreen":"#c4c431",
    "terminal.ansiBrightMagenta":"#dc9aab",
    "terminal.ansiBrightRed":"#fe6142",
    "terminal.ansiBrightWhite":"#efe1bf",
    "terminal.ansiBrightYellow":"#fcc73c",
    "terminal.ansiBlue":"#549699",
    "terminal.ansiCyan":"#79aa7d",
    "terminal.ansiGreen":"#a8a521",
    "terminal.ansiMagenta":"#bf7897",
    "terminal.ansiRed":"#d73925",
    "terminal.ansiWhite":"#b7a996",
    "terminal.ansiYellow":"#dfa82a"
  },

Answer 12

Simply. You can go to 'File -> Preferences -> Color Theme' option in visual studio and change the color of you choice.