You can change it in PuTTY going into Connection -> Data and changing Terminal-type string to xterm-256colors, xterm by default uses 8 colors. I use morhetz/gruvbox colorscheme in vim, it looks nice.
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You can change it in PuTTY going into Connection -> Data and changing Terminal-type string to xterm-256colors, xterm by default uses 8 colors. I use morhetz/gruvbox colorscheme in vim, it looks nice.