Command: color

Syntax

color <name>{,<red>{,<green>{,<blue>}}}

or

color <name> = <ident>

Description

Create or redefine a color identifier.

Parameters

• <name>
  The name of the color identifier.

• <red>
  The red component, in the range 0 through 100. If omitted 0 is used.

• <green>
  The green component, in the range 0 through 100. If omitted 0 is used.

• <blue>
  The blue component, in the range 0 through 100. If omitted 0 is used.

• <ident>
  Copy the attributes of an existing color identifier into the new color identifier. All command switches are ignored.

Switches

• -xc=<string>
  Equate the color with one of the X Windows system colors. When this switch is present the <red>, <green> and <blue> parameters are ignored.

Notes

Color identifiers can have global or application scope, but cannot have local scope. When local color identifiers are required, string identifiers should be used to reference the colors by name.

Consult the relevant X Windows documentation for a list of available X colors on your system.

Examples

color reddish,100,10,10

color deep_cyan,0,35,90

color grod, -xc='goldenrod'

color my_red = red

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