# How to set a colorscheme that still shows spelling errors? I am looking for two combined effects that I can acquire separately but not yet together. 1. **Set Colorscheme alone: OK**. If I want highlights on spelling mistakes I can use a `.vimrc` file with this single line: `set spell`. So if I write a mwe file (mwe.vim) with a name in it as text content: John Morelock. Then the result is that vim recognizes John as a proper word, and does not highlight it, but then *does* properly highlight the last name. All OK up to here. 2. **Set Spelling alone: OK**. As another task I would like to add a colorscheme, for example `solarized`. So I set `colorscheme solarized` as a single line in the `.vimrc`. All fine here. I open up the same previous file, and it shows the file with specific colorscheme. If I put both lines together, setting colors and spelling, all is OK here. 3. **Set Colorscheme and Spelling together: not always OK**. The issue is that both previous procedures working together works under certain circumstances, such as with the mentioned `colorscheme solarized`, but not with another half of colors, at least in my specific case. I would like, for instance to use `colorscheme adrian` with spelling, but as soon as I use these two together, all of it stops working. To make `adrian`work, the colorscheme line alone is not enough. Instead I have to add the line `set termguicolors', but this may be cancelling out my spelling to not show. One hack is to [eliminate schemecolors and fiddle with my terminal colors](https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/8751/how-to-completely-turn-off-colorscheme). Useful, but still my ideal solution would be to be able to choose colorschemes: adrian, matrix, onedark, or whatever. However, I would point out that many people seem to be asking questions about how to set coloring and highlights, so I would ask both a specific and a general question. I have browsed extensively, both in `:h colorscheme` and *StackExchange*. Where should one prioritize a search to begin solving this simple problem? ### Where could I start looking for my specific problem? Both via web, and my pc. ### How to set good practices for setting colors, spelling and in general?