# Customize Terminal Colors

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/customize-terminal-colors/31512>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/customize-terminal-colors/31512 "2019-11-25T23:10:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Usor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8dc957/32.png) [@Usor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Usor)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/customize-terminal-colors/31512/1 "2019-11-25T23:10:04Z")

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Is there an easy way to customize Julia terminal colors directly? For example, can you type something like

```julia
setterminalcolors(default)

```

or

```julia
setterminalcolor(prompt, orange);
setterminalcolor(juliakeywords, brown);
# and so on

```

and then the settings get saved?

(Not looking for that package OhMyREPL or whatever its name is.)

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**Author:** ![ludwig-austermann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ludwig-austermann/32/11093_2.png) [@ludwig-austermann](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ludwig-austermann)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/customize-terminal-colors/31512/2 "2019-11-26T10:23:35Z")

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You might want to check out

[https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/environment-variables/#REPL-formatting-1](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/environment-variables/#REPL-formatting-1)

in standard julia docs.

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**Author:** ![pontus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pontus/32/10438_2.png) [@pontus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pontus)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/customize-terminal-colors/31512/3 "2019-11-26T13:55:24Z")

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Within the Julia space, perhaps Colors.jl or Crayons.jl would be of use?  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/8/d8f91c87f8dbc482bbcdc2eeb2317de77cf49654.png)

> **[GitHub - JuliaGraphics/Colors.jl: Color manipulation utilities for Julia](https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/Colors.jl)**
>
> Color manipulation utilities for Julia. Contribute to JuliaGraphics/Colors.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.

> **[GitHub - KristofferC/Crayons.jl: Colored and styled strings for terminals.](https://github.com/KristofferC/Crayons.jl)**
>
> Colored and styled strings for terminals. Contribute to KristofferC/Crayons.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![Usor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8dc957/32.png) [@Usor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Usor)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/customize-terminal-colors/31512/4 "2019-11-26T17:17:38Z")

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Thanks, both of you. I will investigate them.

How could I have missed those environment variables?

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**Author:** ![Usor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8dc957/32.png) [@Usor](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Usor)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/customize-terminal-colors/31512/5 "2019-11-27T18:36:03Z")

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I managed to change some colors (without any additional packages). Then I was looking to change the color of the Pkg prompt, and couldn’t find anything in the documentation. What is the exact name of the variable?