Changing the default scheme/colors of VIm

create a .vimrc file in home directory.

contents of .vimrc should be:
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syntax on
colorscheme murphy
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New color schemes can be downloaded & copied to:
/usr/share/vim/vim70/colors/

Ypu may change color scheme by adding this line in .vimrc
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colorscheme aqua
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