vim: how do I set :match and :2match search results to different colors?

Question

For example, I want something along the lines of:

:match search /<div/ guib=Green
:match search /<\/div>/ guibf=Blue

only that doesn't work.

Answer 1

You have to define highlight colors. From :h :match

:mat[ch] {group} /{pattern}/
        Define a pattern to highlight in the current window.  It will
        be highlighted with {group}.  Example: >
                :highlight MyGroup ctermbg=green guibg=green
                :match MyGroup /TODO/

So, something like this:

:hi OpenTag guibg=Green
:hi CloseTag guibg=Blue
:match OpenTag /<div>/
:2match CloseTag /<\/div>/