Fetaure: allow customizing colors in 16-color palette #11973

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opened 2026-01-31 03:02:55 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @Leffe108 on GitHub (Jan 6, 2021).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

Allow user to customize the RGB code of the 16 terminal colors.

Reason: Humans have variations in color receptors - eg. how good they see different colors.

I for example cannot see the deep blue color on black which ls use for directories. So I need a way to make it brighter so I can read that text. Other users may have trouble with other colors and need to make their own customization to fit their eyes.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Putty SSH client has this feature which can be used as inspiration. Basically have a visual list of the 16 colors and when you click on one of them, it is focused and you can edit the RGB code.

Originally created by @Leffe108 on GitHub (Jan 6, 2021). # Description of the new feature/enhancement Allow user to customize the RGB code of the 16 terminal colors. Reason: Humans have variations in color receptors - eg. how good they see different colors. I for example cannot see the deep blue color on black which `ls` use for directories. So I need a way to make it brighter so I can read that text. Other users may have trouble with other colors and need to make their own customization to fit their eyes. # Proposed technical implementation details (optional) Putty SSH client has this feature which can be used as inspiration. Basically have a visual list of the 16 colors and when you click on one of them, it is focused and you can edit the RGB code.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureNeeds-TriageNeeds-Tag-FixNeeds-Attention labels 2026-01-31 03:02:55 +00:00
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Reference: starred/terminal#11973