oh-my-zsh themes don't show properly (background stays white)

Question

I am trying to figure out why my oh-my-zsh themes don\'t work properly. The colors show up properly, but background stays white (with black text). below is my /.zshrc file

Answer 1

For me the fix was found in a preferences panel where I had to deselect which was overriding the theme...

I'm using gnome-terminal on an instance of Red Hat.

Found Under: Terminal -> Preferences -> Unnamed -> Colors -> Use colors from system theme

(took me much too long to realize that...)