override the base bgcolor so it uses the terminal bg
diff --git a/colors/paramount.vim b/colors/paramount.vim
index c3e60cc..cacb7d6 100644
--- a/colors/paramount.vim
+++ b/colors/paramount.vim
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ let s:dark_yellow = { "gui": "#A89C14", "cterm": "3" }
let s:background = &background
if &background == "dark"
- let s:bg = s:black
+ " don't change the background from the default terminal background
+ let s:bg = { "gui": "None", "cterm": "None" }
+
let s:bg_subtle = s:lighter_black
let s:bg_very_subtle = s:subtle_black
let s:norm = s:lighter_gray