How to change the color of the selected code (Vim scheme)?

Question

How do I change the color of the selected code in Vim?

There are three selection modes, Visual Line mode or Visual Block mode, and selecting wi

Answer 1

How to set the color of the selected code in vi?

I'm using VIM 7.3 on Ubuntu and this does it for me within the editor:

:syntax on 
:hi Visual term=reverse cterm=reverse guibg=Grey

I'm using a colorscheme defined in the /home/youruser/.vim/colors/mycolorscheme.vim file. I set the command there and the changes take effect when vim starts.

syntax on
hi Visual term=reverse cterm=reverse guibg=Grey