Console palette

Problem

I prefer a white-on-black terminal, but the default colors are not always readable.

Solution

I define my own color-scheme.

 0 - Foreground color                      #B2B2B2  
 1 - Background color                      #000020  
 2 - Color 0 (black)                       #000000  
 3 - Color 1 (red)                         #B21818  
 4 - Color 2 (green)                       #18B218  
 5 - Color 3 (yellow)                      #B26818  
 6 - Color 4 (blue)                        #1468B2  
 7 - Color 5 (magenta)                     #B218B2  
 8 - Color 6 (cyan)                        #18B2B2  
 9 - Color 7 (white)                       #B2B2B2  
10 - Foreground Intensive Color            #FFFFFF  
11 - Background Intensive Color            #686868  
12 - Color 0 Intensive (gray)              #686868  
13 - Color 1 Intensive (light red)         #FF5454  
14 - Color 2 Intensive (light green)       #54FF54  
15 - Color 3 Intensive (light yellow)      #FFFF54  
16 - Color 4 Intensive (light blue)        #5454FF  
17 - Color 5 Intensive (light magenta)     #FF54FF  
18 - Color 6 Intensive (light cyan)        #54FFFF  
19 - Color 7 Intensive (white)             #FFFFFF  

Konsole

1. Store the file underneath in ~/.kde/share/apps/konsole/fvue.schema
2. From within Konsole, select this schema.

# Color schema for konsole

title FVue colors

# foreground colors

#   slot    transparent bold
#      | red grn blu  | |
#      V V--color--V  V V

color  0 178 178 178  0 0 # 0 - Foreground Color
color  1   0   0  32  1 0 # 1 - Background Color

color  2   0   0   0  0 0 # 2 - Color 0 (black)
color  3 178  24  24  0 0 # 3 - Color 1 (red)
color  4  24 178  24  0 0 # 4 - Color 2 (green)
color  5 178 104  24  0 0 # 5 - Color 3 (yellow)
color  6  20 104 178  0 0 # 6 - Color 4 (blue)
color  7 178  24 178  0 0 # 7 - Color 5 (magenta)
color  8  24 178 178  0 0 # 8 - Color 6 (cyan)
color  9 178 178 178  0 0 # 9 - Color 7 (white)

# intensive colors

color 10 255 255 255  0 0 # 10 - Foreground Intensive Color
color 11 104 104 104  1 0 # 11 - Background Intensive Color

color 12 104 104 104  0 0 # 12 - Color 0 Intensive (gray)
color 13 255  84  84  0 0 # 13 - Color 1 Intensive (light red)
color 14  84 255  84  0 0 # 14 - Color 2 Intensive (light green)
color 15 255 255  84  0 0 # 15 - Color 3 Intensive (light yellow)
color 16  84  84 255  0 0 # 16 - Color 4 Intensive (light blue)
color 17 255  84 255  0 0 # 17 - Color 5 Intensive (light magenta)
color 18  84 255 255  0 0 # 18 - Color 6 Intensive (light cyan)
color 19 255 255 255  0 0 # 19 - Color 7 Intensive (white)

See also

Color Schemer Online v2

Simple but effective

Online color chart picker - web safe, smart and HEX color codes

Thorough Flash application

Journal

20061105

The colors of the Custom Palette are located in ~/.kde/share/config/colors/Recent_Colors.

A predefined scheme of 40 Colors is located at /opt/kde3/share/config/colors/40 Colors.