Q:

How to change variable name color?

class Foo:
    def __init__(self):
        byte_string = 'newline:\n also newline:\x0a'

In PyCharm, how do I change the color of variables like "byte_string" in the example above?
I don't see any place to change this in the "Python" section of the color settings.

A:

Unbelievable but true, I was answered by Pycharm staff that it is NOT possible to set custom variable color.
Please all vote on: 
 https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-8246 

A:

PyCharm 2017.1 has "semantic highlighting". Give it a try.
It looks like this:

