#! /usr/bin/env perl # Generate the array # Fill in the first 16 colors. The exact hex codes vary by terminal and device # This table comes from our .Xresources file. It should be close enough. my @arr = qw( 2e/34/36 cc/00/00 4e/9a/06 c4/a0/00 34/65/a4 75/50/7b 06/98/9a d3/d7/cf 55/57/53 ef/29/29 8a/e2/34 fc/e9/4f 72/9f/cf ad/7f/a8 34/e2/e2 ee/ee/ec ); # Main colors for my $num (16 .. 231) { push @arr, number_to_color($num); } # Gray scale for my $num (232 .. 255) { my $hex = sprintf '%02x', 0x08 + 0x0a * ($num - 232); push @arr, join '/', ($hex) x 3; } print "This is your standard text color.\n"; my $width = 6; for my $num (0 .. $#arr) { print '[38;5;', $num, 'm'; printf '%03d: ', $num; print "$arr[$num] "; print "\n" if ($num + 1) % $width == 0; } print "\n"; sub number_to_color { my $num = shift; $num -= 16; my @steps = qw(00 5f 87 af d7 ff); return join('/', $steps[($num / 36) % 6], $steps[($num / 6) % 6], $steps[$num % 6]); }