Wrong colors on Ubuntu in Windows Terminal (WSL)

[ashrasmun]

Hey,

I just installed NeoVim (v0.4.3) and installed the embark theme. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS inside the Windows Terminal. After invoking :colorscheme embark the colors are different from what they should be.

I'm using it already inside GVim and I'm loving it, thank you for your work! 😊

[ashrasmun]

The same thing happens in ConEmu and in classic cmd console as well.

[skbolton]

What terminal are you using? Looks like either termguicolors isn't turned on or the terminal doesn't support 24but color

[ashrasmun]

I tried using xterm, xterm-256colors, xterm-24bit, source-256colors, but all in all, I think I just don't understand how to setup the terminal properly, as when I invoke https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/master/tools/24-bit-color.sh I get a blank black space.

At least 256 colors work... Sorry for the hassle. It's not a problem with the colorscheme.

[skbolton]

Yeah embark hasn't been back ported to work with 256 colors well. I would suggest going with a terminal that supports 24 bit color such as alacritty or kitty terminal. Once you have that and termguicolors on in (n)vim it should work fine.

[ashrasmun]

Just in case someone finds this thread in the future:

• Lack of colors is a result on Windows Terminal quirk, where : cannot be used as a separator, but instead ; must be used (Cannot setup 24-bit colors microsoft/terminal#11075 (comment))
• To enable support of 24-bit colors, I had to add set termguicolors to my .vimrc

Thanks for help!