A beginner-friendly guide to customize your Termux terminal with a vibrant color scheme featuring a deep purple background, white text, pink username, cyan directories, and green executables.
This tutorial covers:
- Setting up custom colors in
colors.properties - Customizing your bash prompt to show username in pink and directory in white
- Configuring
LS_COLORSto highlight directories (cyan) and executables (green) - Troubleshooting common issues
Final result: A personalized terminal with pink prompts, white text, cyan directories, and green executables on a deep purple background.
Navigate to the Termux styling directory and create your colors file:
mkdir -p ~/.termux
nano ~/.termux/colors.propertiesPaste the following configuration:
background=#1a0033
foreground=#ffffff
color0=#1a0033
color1=#ff69b4
color2=#00ff41
color3=#ffff00
color4=#4a9eff
color5=#ff1493
color6=#00ffff
color7=#ffffff
color8=#663399
color9=#ff69b4
color10=#00ff41
color11=#ffff00
color12=#4a9eff
color13=#ff1493
color14=#00ffff
color15=#ffffffColor breakdown:
- Background:
#1a0033(Deep purple) - Foreground:
#ffffff(White) - Color1/Color9:
#ff69b4(Hot pink — for username in prompt) - Color2/Color10:
#00ff41(Neon green — for executables) - Color6/Color14:
#00ffff(Cyan — for directories)
Save with Ctrl+O, press Enter, then Ctrl+X.
Edit your .bashrc file to add a custom prompt with pink username and white directory:
nano ~/.bashrcAdd this line at the end of the file:
export PS1='\033[38;5;205m\u@\h\033[0m:\033[38;5;255m\w\033[0m\$ 'What this does:
\033[38;5;205m— Pink color for username (\u) and hostname (\h)\033[38;5;255m— White color for working directory (\w)\033[0m— Reset color to default
Save with Ctrl+O, press Enter, then Ctrl+X.
Still in .bashrc, add these lines:
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
export LS_COLORS='di=36:ex=32:*.sh=32'What this does:
di=36— Directories appear in cyan (color 6)ex=32— Executables appear in green (color 2)*.sh=32—.shfiles also appear in green
Save with Ctrl+O, press Enter, then Ctrl+X.
Close Termux completely and reopen it. This ensures all changes are loaded.
Alternatively, you can reload your .bashrc without closing:
source ~/.bashrcCreate a demo directory to see your colors in action:
mkdir -p ~/demo-public
cd ~/demo-public
mkdir project-files
touch notes.txt README.md config.txt data.json
touch setup.sh deploy.sh backup.sh
chmod +x setup.sh deploy.sh backup.shNow run:
lsYou should see:
- Cyan folders:
project-files/ - Green executables:
setup.sh,deploy.sh,backup.sh - White files:
notes.txt,README.md,config.txt,data.json - Pink prompt:
username@hostnameat the start of each line
Check if colors.properties exists:
cat ~/.termux/colors.propertiesIf it's empty or missing, re-create it with the configuration from Step 1.
Verify your .bashrc changes:
grep "PS1=" ~/.bashrcMake sure the line from Step 2 is there. If not, add it again and run source ~/.bashrc.
Check your LS_COLORS:
echo $LS_COLORSIf it's empty, run:
source ~/.bashrcIf the colors still don't appear, verify your LS_COLORS export from Step 3 is in ~/.bashrc.
Your device might have a different color palette. Try adjusting the hex values in colors.properties using a color picker tool.
Want to customize with different colors? Visit colorhexa.com to:
- Search for any color by name (e.g., "sky blue", "coral")
- View hex codes for that color
- Copy the hex code and paste it into
colors.properties
Simply replace any hex value (like #ff69b4) with your chosen color.