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

I just change my color scheme file (~/.vim/colors/solarized.vim), and set 'Visual' to the same value as 'CursorLine'.

I like the style of CursorLine as it is transparent and keep the selected elements's syntax highlight color.

Replace the line that contains exe "hi! Visual" with the following line:

exe "hi! Visual"     .s:fmt_uopt   .s:fg_none   .s:bg_base02  .s:sp_base1

or:

:highlight Visual cterm=NONE ctermbg=0 ctermfg=NONE guibg=Grey40

Like so: