Xterm color scheme

.Xdefaults

! xterm color scheme — Make all 16 beautiful.
!
! Suited for black background, but includes disabled alternative light scheme.
!
! Open this file with gvim to enable <Leader><F2> color mode.
!
! Use `xfontsel`, `xlsfonts`, and `fc-list` to find other fonts.
!
! On Ubuntu I have to name this file ‘~/.Xdefaults-$(hostname)’
!
! ‘xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults-stud’ is supposed to reload this file, but
! doesn’t seem to, so just fire new xterm upon every change.
!
! Other resources:
! * showrgb — util to dump color db.
! * test-color-words16 — another color-displaying util (worth gist-ing).


!!! Fonts
!*font: -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*
!*boldFont: -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*
!*italicFont: -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
!*boldFont: -misc-fixed-medium-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

! Very surprising that now neglecting to specify font still renders
! perfect misc-fixed font. Oh, it’s so lovely. I think they’re
! equivalent to “6x10”.
!*boldFont: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-60-iso10646-*
!*italicFont: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-60-iso10646-*
!*font: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-60-iso10646-*

! Sadly, can’t get pxlsz 10 to work and support UTF-8-demo.txt.
! So going with this slightly taller-spaced setup.
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
!*boldFont: -misc-fixed-medium-r-*--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1

! YAY! Finally made my own font!!
! Grab font building package: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/download/ucs-fonts.tar.gz
! aptitude install gbdfed
! gbdfed 6x12.bdf
! Tweak some internal font parameters so that your ‘fmly’ is ‘myfont’
! Save as ‘myfont.bdf’
! Extract and ‘cd submission’
! Hack Makefile and add new font name.
! make
! cp myfont.pcf.gz ~/some/new/font/dir
! cd !$
! mkfontdir
! xset +fp ~/local/lib/X11/fonts   (put this last line also in ~/.xinitrc)
! xfontsel (you should now see your new font family)
! fonttest.sh (see glyphs in action)
*font:       -misc-orp-medium-r-*--*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
!*font:       -misc-orp-book-r-*--*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
*boldFont:   -misc-orp-bold-r-*--*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
! No italic in xterm. :(
! But YAY!! got urxvt working in 256-color mode!
!*italicFont: -misc-orp-book-r-*--*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
*italicFont: -misc-orp-*-i-*--*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1

URxvt*visualBell: false

! Disable stupid ctrl-shift "feature"
! http://wilmer.gaa.st/blog/archives/36-rxvt-unicode-and-ISO-14755-mode.html
URxvt.iso14755: false

! Screencasting
! http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guide_to_X11/Fonts
! If you want to get fancy/trendy, could go outside X fonts and use
! gnome-terminal with monaco, consolas, dejavu (menlo), or even
! "Codename Coder Free 4F".
!*font: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=16
!*boldFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=16:bold
!*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=16:italic


! Other attempts
!*font: Verdana:pixelsize=10
!*faceName:         mono:normal:size=9:minspace:rgba=rgb
!*font: -misc-dejavu sans mono-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-iso8859-1
!*boldFont: -*-*-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*
!*font: -*-*-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*



! This should work for screencasts (but not the bold)
!!*boldFont: -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*
!*font: -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*

!!! Enable copy/paste.
! http://www.davidsimmons.com/soft/xtermhacks/
!*VT100.translations: #override <Btn1Up>: select-end(PRIMARY, CLIPBOARD, CUT_BUFFER0)


! http://arun.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/real-transparency-in-urxvt/
!urxvt*depth: 32
!urxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/dddd
urxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/cc00


!!! Foreground
!*foreground:       #d3d3d3
*foreground:       #ffffff


!!! Background
! Black
!*background: #000000
! Green
!*background: #022C0A
! Brown
!*background: #3F2F08
! Black
*background:  #000000


*cursorColor:  #ff0000
!*cursorColor:  #57fd76
!*cursorColor:  yellow
!*cursorColor:      orange

!*charClass:        33:48,35-38:48,39:43,42-47:48,58-59:48,61:48,63-64:48,126:48
!*dynamicColors:    true


! Blacks
*color0:           #151515
*color8:           #505450
! Reds
*color1:           #a60101
!*color1:           #ff0000
!*color9:           #f99090
*color9:           #ff0000
! Greens
*color2:           #026802
*color10:          #a7e14b
! Yellows
*color3:           #ab6e03
*color11:          #fddc01
! Blues
*color4:           #005faf
*color12:          #0087ff
! Purples
*color5:           #9c3885
*color13:          #e628ba
! Cyans
*color6:           #08bab0
*color14:          #74fff7
! Whites
*color7:           #aaaaaa
*color15:          #ffffff


!!! Themes overrides


! Other themes
!*background: #E3D7B4
!*background: #AFAF87



! From solarized: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

! These fg/bg could work standalone.
!*foreground:            #d7d7af
!*background:            #1c1c1c

!*background:            #002b36
!*background:            #1c1c1c
!*foreground:            #657b83
!*foreground:            #d7d7af
!*fading:                40
!*fadeColor:             #002b36
!!*cursorColor:           #93a1a1
!*pointerColorBackground:#586e75
!*pointerColorForeground:#93a1a1

!!! black dark/light
!*color0:                #262626
!*color8:                #1c1c1c
!!! red dark/light
!*color1:                #d75f00
!*color9:                #cb4b16
!!! green dark/light
!*color2:                #5f8700
!*color10:               #4e4e4e
!!! yellow dark/light
!*color3:                #af8700
!*color11:               #585858
!!! blue dark/light
!*color4:                #0087ff
!*color12:               #839496
!!! magenta dark/light
!*color5:                #af005f
!*color13:               #5f5faf
!!! cyan dark/light
!*color6:                #00afaf
!*color14:               #8a8a8a
!!! white dark/light
!*color7:                #d7d7af
!*color15:               #ffffd7






! MDE’s adobe theme overrides; very similar to vim colorscheme:
!   http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1365
! Comment these out to enable theme.
!*foreground: #000000
!*background: #A2955F
! yellow1
!*color3:           #684802
! cyan1
!*color6:           #05635d
! blue1
!*color4:           #3a5e87
! blue2
!*color12:          #bcd7fd
! purple2
!*color13:          #cf03a1
! red2
!*color9:           #ffc2c2
! white1
!*color7:           #c7c7c7


! Enabling quick copy/paste to X.
! https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rxvt-unicode#Cut_and_Paste
! /usr/share/doc/urxvt-perls/README.md
!URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,clipboard,selection-popup,matcher
! NOTE: clipboard will hose urxvt->urxvt unicode pasting!!
!URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-popup,matcher
! Others to consider:
! tabbed
! Use ^Right and ^Left to move, ^Down to create a tab.


!URxvt.perl-ext-common:      default,clipboard,url-select,keyboard-select
URxvt.perl-ext-common:      default,url-select,clipboard
URxvt.url-select.launcher:  firefox-aurora
URxvt.url-select.underline: true
!URxvt.keysym.M-u:           perl:url-select:select_next
!URxvt.keysym.M-Escape:      perl:keyboard-select:activate
!URxvt.keysym.M-s:           perl:keyboard-select:search

URxvt.clipboard.autocopy:   true
URxvt.clipboard.copycmd:  xclip -i -selection clipboard
URxvt.clipboard.pastecmd: xclip -o -selection clipboard


! man urxvt

! Turning off scrollbar for now.
URxvt*scrollBar:false
URxvt*scrollstyle:plain
URxvt*scrollTtyOutput:False
URxvt*scrollTtyKeypress:True
URxvt*scrollBar_right:True
!URxvt*fading:35
URxvt*pointerBlank:True
!URxvt*urlLauncher:/usr/bin/chromium
#URxvt*urlLauncher:/usr/bin/firefox-aurora
URxvt*urlLauncher: /usr/bin/zurl
URxvt*cutchars: \\`"'"()*,;<>[]^{|}
!URxvt*transparent:True
! NOTE: this affects scroll speed, and gets very slow from java/lein.
URxvt*saveLines:1000

# NEW
URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
# Speed up output, maybe lose some lines
# http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/09/01/comprehensive-linux-terminal-performance-comparison/
URxvt.skipScroll: True
URxvt.jumpScroll: True

! Drop-down terminal, uses C-A-y
! http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/yeahconsole
yeahconsole*term:urxvt
yeahconsole*consoleHeight:50
yeahconsole*screenWidth:1200

! Girly colors
!URxvt.cursorColor:  #dc74d1
!URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
!URxvt.background:   #0e0e0e
!URxvt.foreground:   #4ad5e1
!URxvt.color0:       #000000
!URxvt.color8:       #8b8f93
!URxvt.color1:       #dc74d1
!URxvt.color9:       #dc74d1
!URxvt.color2:       #0eb8c7
!URxvt.color10:      #0eb8c7
!URxvt.color3:       #dfe37e
!URxvt.color11:      #dfe37e
!URxvt.color5:       #9e88f0
!URxvt.color13:      #9e88f0
!URxvt.color6:       #73f7ff
!URxvt.color14:      #73f7ff
!URxvt.color7:       #e1dddd
!URxvt.color15:      #e1dddd


! vim:se ft=xdefaults:

Can you upload a screenshot on imgur and provide it here. Also can you give us rollback steps, in case we want to go back to default terminal color scheme ?

Just copy all this code on Xresources. Later delete all this if you dont like! haha

just make a backup of your existing configurations