Putty background vs vim

[corsen2000]

Hello,

I've installed the solarized theme for both putty and vim. I notice when using terminal vim the background color is a little lighter than the terminal. When using gvim the background color is the same as the terminal.

If this expected? I prefer the slightly darker variant that I see in the terminal as well as gvim. Is there anyway to make terminal vim use that color?

Thank you.

[corsen2000]

I was able to get the desired background color by changing terminal-type string from xterm to xterm-256color. I suspect it was rendering it in 16color mode previously.

I'll close this issue since this looks like a good solution. Please let me know if there is a better solution or I am misunderstanding.

Thank you.