How to add colours to git edited/added files in the file explorer in VS Code

Go to Preferences > Settings > User Settings > Workbench > Appearance > Color Customizations > (Open settings.json)

Add the following to the Json file

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {

"list.errorForeground": "#f30606",

"list.warningForeground": "#eff30b",

"gitDecoration.modifiedResourceForeground": "#bbc232",

"gitDecoration.untrackedResourceForeground": "#f7aeae",

"gitDecoration.deletedResourceForeground": "#8B4513",

"gitDecoration.ignoredResourceForeground": "#C0C0C0",

"gitDecoration.conflictingResourceForeground": "#800000"

}