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midnight commander dark color theme
Edit mc’s ini file (either ~/.mc/ini or ~/.config/mc/ini) and look for the line [Colors]. Then, change the line base_color to this:
[Colors]
base_color=linux:normal=white,black:marked=yellow,black:input=,green:menu=black:menusel=white:menuhot=red,:menuhotsel=black,red:dfocus=white,black:dhotnormal=white,black:dhotfocus=white,black:executable=,black:directory=white,black:link=white,black:device=white,black:special=white,black:core=,black:stalelink=red,black:editnormal=white,black
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This is a very good color scheme, thanks a lot! Additionally, my terminal has some unusual colors (apparently) so that half of the default schemes are unreadable in some ways, but yours is perfect.

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