Enable vim color?

[Vladimir Strycek <vladoportos@vladoportos.sk>]

Hi all,

i used vim before on debian and when i was editing my python scripts ( i 
use vim mainly for python coding ) i've got nice colored syntax and so 
on... here in debian i have only black and white.

I tried command :syntax enable or :syntax on but it say " Sorry, the 
command is not available in this version: syntax on" but mine version of 
vim is  7.0.122 which is not that old i think.

Any idea how to enable this ? or better yet any specialized colored 
python editor for console ssh ?

Best regards
Vladimir