I have been looking around for VIM color schemes and found some great ones out there (esp. by using http://code.google.com/p/vimcolorschemetest/), but I always want to change a
Launch vim, say ":help syntax", it has quick start etc.
For the complete templates look at your installation:
colorschemes are in /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/colors/
languages syntax in /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/syntax/