A theme for pudb somewhat reproducing vim's desert colorscheme (needs 256 colors terminal).

gistfile1.py

default = 'light gray'
strings = 'h217'
keywords = add_setting('h222', 'bold')
callables = 'h120'
breakpoints = 'h203'
comments = 'h116'

background = 'h236'
focused_background = 'h238'
current_background = 'h240'
interface_background = 'h248'

desert_fg = {
    'header': 'black',
    'background': 'black',
    'warning': default,

    'comment': comments,
    'var label': comments,

    'frame class': keywords,
    'keyword': keywords,

    'literal': strings,
    'string': strings,
    'doublestring': strings,
    'singlestring': strings,
    'docstring': strings,

    'name': callables,
    'classname': callables,
    'funcname': callables,
    'frame name': callables,

    'breakpoint': breakpoints,
    'bp_star': breakpoints,
}

desert_bg = {
    'header': interface_background,
    'background': interface_background,
    'warning': 'dark red',
}

for key, value in palette.items():
    if key in desert_bg:
        bg = desert_bg[key]
    else:
        if 'current' in key:
            bg = current_background
        elif 'focused' in key:
            bg = focused_background
        else:
            bg = background
    desert_key = key.replace('focused ', '') \
            .replace('current ', '') \
            .replace('highlighted ', '')
    fg = desert_fg.get(desert_key, default)
    if 'highlighted' in key:
        if not fg.endswith('bold'):
            fg = add_setting(fg, 'bold')
    palette[key] = (fg, bg)