Re: Adequacy of min-colors thresholds

> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:52:24 +0000
> From: Heime <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> 
> > The rule of thumb is: unless you must use very fine differences
> > between colors, don't use min-colors at all.  Emacs is quite capable
> > of choosing the best match to "darkseagreen2" even if a color by that
> > name is not directly supported.
>  
> I'm aware of the capability you mention.  Nevertheless, what values
> would you suggest to test for min-colors?

To test? all of them, of course.  Or at least as many as you can.  You
should test on 8-color terminal, on 16-color terminal, on 256-color
terminal, and on TrueColor terminal.

> Are 8, 16, and 88 still relevant?

Yes, very much so.