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This article is from the ZTerm FAQ, by Les Jones lesjones@usit.net with numerous contributions by others.

24 What ANSI color settings should I use?

Keith Corwin (kcorwin@delphi.com) posted a table of RGB color
values that closely match the ANSI colors on many PC systems.

  Apple RGB Color Picker (System 7.5)
  +----------------------------+ +-----------------------------+
  |Color        | %R | %G | %B | |Color         | %R | %G | %B |
  +-------------+----+----+----+ +--------------+----+----+----+
  |Dark Black   |  0 |  0 |  0 | |Light Black   | 33 | 33 | 33 |
  |Dark Red     | 67 |  0 |  0 | |Light Red     |100 | 40 | 40 |
  |Dark Green   |  0 | 67 |  0 | |Light Green   | 40 |100 | 40 |
  |Dark Yellow  | 60 | 40 |  0 | |Light Yellow  |100 |100 | 40 |
  |Dark Blue    |  0 |  0 | 67 | |Light Blue    | 40 | 40 |100 |
  |Dark Magenta | 60 |  0 | 60 | |Light Magenta |100 | 40 |100 |
  |Dark Cyan    |  0 | 60 | 60 | |Light Cyan    | 40 |100 |100 |
  |Dark White   | 67 | 67 | 67 | |Light White   |100 |100 |100 |
  +----------------------------+ +-----------------------------+

  Old Color Picker (System 7.1 and below), RGB codes
  +-------------------------------+
  +--------------------------------+
  |Color        |  R  |  G  |  B  | |Color         |  R  |  G  |  B 
  |
  +-------------+-----+-----+-----+
  +--------------+-----+-----+-----+
  |Dark Black   |  0  |  0  |  0  | |Light Black  
  |21626|21626|21626|
  |Dark Red     |43908|  0  |  0  | |Light Red    
  |65535|26214|26214|
  |Dark Green   |  0  |43908|  0  | |Light Green  
  |26214|65535|26214|
  |Dark Yellow  |39321|26214|  0  | |Light Yellow 
  |65535|65535|26214|
  |Dark Blue    |  0  |  0  |43908| |Light Blue   
  |26214|26214|65535|
  |Dark Magenta |39321|  0  |39321| |Light Magenta
  |65535|26214|65535|
  |Dark Cyan    |  0  |39321|39321| |Light Cyan   
  |26214|65535|65535|
  |Dark White   |43908|43908|43908| |Light White  
  |65535|65535|65535|
  +-------------------------------+
  +--------------------------------+

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