I’ve created a theme for Midnight Commander that fits perfect for the root user.
To change your theme edit the field [Colors] in /home/$user/.mc/ini.
[Colors] color_terminals=linux,xterm,Eterm base_color=normal=white,red:selected=black,yellow:marked=yellow,red:markselect=black,yellow:menu=black,yellow:menuhot=red,yellow:menusel=white,red:menuhotsel=white,red:dnormal=black,yellow:dfocus=white,red:dhotnormal=red,yellow:dhotfocus=yellow,red:input=black,white:reverse=black,white:executable=red,white:directory=white,red:link=magenta,white:device=red,:special=yellow,:core=green,:helpnormal=,yellow:helplink=red,white:helpslink=white,red
