Re: 6 hexadecimal digit colours in limited-colour terminals
Heime <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:51:15 +0000
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On Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 at 11:45 PM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wro= te: > > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:22:27 +0000 > > From: Heime <[email protected]> > > > > I have seen that true colour palette uses the 6 digit hexadecimal code > > #RRGGBB for colour specification. Thusly the 6 digit code is incompati= ble > > for 8, 16, and 88 colour terminals. >=20 > Why incompatible? >=20 > > How is it then that colour specification for 16-colour > > terminals still use hex values? Aren't they supposed to use > > colour names instead? >=20 > Emacs is capable of converting the names into hex values and vice > versa. So you can use either one. =20 Thusly, Emacs will accept true colour codes, but convert to nearest colour specified by 16 colour terminal?