<p dir="auto">Having a portable version of terminal makes it easy to copy paste on machines some times on servers. Having to install from store is not convenient.</p>
<h1 dir="auto">Environment</h1>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="Windows build number: 10.0.18362.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.5.2681.0
Visual Studio Code version: 1.38.1"><pre lang="none" class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">Windows build number: 10.0.18362.0
Windows Terminal version (if applicable): 0.5.2681.0
Visual Studio Code version: 1.38.1
</code></pre></div>
<h1 dir="auto">Steps to reproduce</h1>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Click on Settings from the menu (Ctrl+)</li>
<li>For me this opens in Visual Studio Code</li>
<li>Under existing profiles, add <code class="notranslate">"colorScheme": "&lt;any_color_scheme&gt;"</code></li>
<li>Save json file</li>
</ul>
<h1 dir="auto">Expected behavior</h1>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Changes colors to the scheme selected upon save of the json file</li>
<li>Changing the <code class="notranslate">fontFace</code> &amp; <code class="notranslate">fontSize</code> DOES change as expected (so it's somewhat working)</li>
</ul>
<h1 dir="auto">Actual behavior</h1>
<ul dir="auto">
<li>Observe no change in the colors</li>
<li>Restarted app after change, still no change in colors</li>
</ul>
<h2 dir="auto">Other notes</h2>
<p dir="auto">I've reviewed <a href="https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/blob/master/doc/user-docs/UsingJsonSettings.md">these docs</a> and it seems pretty straight forward. I didn't see an issue stating that <code class="notranslate">colorSchemes</code> aren't working yet, but maybe I missed something.</p>
<p dir="auto">I tried changing the profiles to one of the default included themes, and tried to add my own theme. Neither seemed to have any effect on the app colors when saved. Below is a current copy of my <code class="notranslate">profiles.json</code> file.</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="// To view the default settings, hold &quot;alt&quot; while clicking on the &quot;Settings&quot; button.
// For documentation on these settings, see: https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation

{
	&quot;$schema&quot;: &quot;https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema&quot;,

	&quot;defaultProfile&quot;: &quot;{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}&quot;,

	&quot;profiles&quot;: [{
			// Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile
			&quot;guid&quot;: &quot;{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}&quot;,
			&quot;name&quot;: &quot;Windows PowerShell&quot;,
			&quot;commandline&quot;: &quot;powershell.exe&quot;,
			&quot;hidden&quot;: false,
			&quot;colorScheme&quot;: &quot;Afterglow&quot;,
			&quot;fontFace&quot;: &quot;Fire Code&quot;,
			&quot;fontSize&quot;: 9
		},
		{
			// Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile
			&quot;guid&quot;: &quot;{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}&quot;,
			&quot;name&quot;: &quot;cmd&quot;,
			&quot;commandline&quot;: &quot;cmd.exe&quot;,
			&quot;hidden&quot;: false,
			&quot;colorScheme&quot;: &quot;Afterglow&quot;
		},
		{
			&quot;guid&quot;: &quot;{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}&quot;,
			&quot;hidden&quot;: false,
			&quot;name&quot;: &quot;Azure Cloud Shell&quot;,
			&quot;source&quot;: &quot;Windows.Terminal.Azure&quot;,
			&quot;colorScheme&quot;: &quot;Afterglow&quot;
		}
	],

	// Add custom color schemes to this array
	&quot;schemes&quot;: [{
		&quot;name&quot;: &quot;Afterglow&quot;,
		&quot;black&quot;: &quot;#151515&quot;,
		&quot;red&quot;: &quot;#ac4142&quot;,
		&quot;green&quot;: &quot;#7e8e50&quot;,
		&quot;yellow&quot;: &quot;#e5b567&quot;,
		&quot;blue&quot;: &quot;#6c99bb&quot;,
		&quot;purple&quot;: &quot;#9f4e85&quot;,
		&quot;cyan&quot;: &quot;#7dd6cf&quot;,
		&quot;white&quot;: &quot;#d0d0d0&quot;,
		&quot;brightBlack&quot;: &quot;#505050&quot;,
		&quot;brightRed&quot;: &quot;#ac4142&quot;,
		&quot;brightGreen&quot;: &quot;#7e8e50&quot;,
		&quot;brightYellow&quot;: &quot;#e5b567&quot;,
		&quot;brightBlue&quot;: &quot;#6c99bb&quot;,
		&quot;brightPurple&quot;: &quot;#9f4e85&quot;,
		&quot;brightCyan&quot;: &quot;#7dd6cf&quot;,
		&quot;brightWhite&quot;: &quot;#f5f5f5&quot;,
		&quot;background&quot;: &quot;#212121&quot;,
		&quot;foreground&quot;: &quot;#d0d0d0&quot;
	}],

	// Add any keybinding overrides to this array.
	// To unbind a default keybinding, set the command to &quot;unbound&quot;
	&quot;keybindings&quot;: []
}"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">// To view the default settings, hold "alt" while clicking on the "Settings" button.
// For documentation on these settings, see: https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation

{
	"$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",

	"defaultProfile": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",

	"profiles": [{
			// Make changes here to the powershell.exe profile
			"guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
			"name": "Windows PowerShell",
			"commandline": "powershell.exe",
			"hidden": false,
			"colorScheme": "Afterglow",
			"fontFace": "Fire Code",
			"fontSize": 9
		},
		{
			// Make changes here to the cmd.exe profile
			"guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
			"name": "cmd",
			"commandline": "cmd.exe",
			"hidden": false,
			"colorScheme": "Afterglow"
		},
		{
			"guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
			"hidden": false,
			"name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
			"source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure",
			"colorScheme": "Afterglow"
		}
	],

	// Add custom color schemes to this array
	"schemes": [{
		"name": "Afterglow",
		"black": "#151515",
		"red": "#ac4142",
		"green": "#7e8e50",
		"yellow": "#e5b567",
		"blue": "#6c99bb",
		"purple": "#9f4e85",
		"cyan": "#7dd6cf",
		"white": "#d0d0d0",
		"brightBlack": "#505050",
		"brightRed": "#ac4142",
		"brightGreen": "#7e8e50",
		"brightYellow": "#e5b567",
		"brightBlue": "#6c99bb",
		"brightPurple": "#9f4e85",
		"brightCyan": "#7dd6cf",
		"brightWhite": "#f5f5f5",
		"background": "#212121",
		"foreground": "#d0d0d0"
	}],

	// Add any keybinding overrides to this array.
	// To unbind a default keybinding, set the command to "unbound"
	"keybindings": []
}
</code></pre></div>