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IN-COMMON COLORS

The first 10 colors are standardized for all color display devices according to the following table:

• 0 - background (normally white or black)
  
• 1 - foreground (normally black or white)
  
• 2 - blue
• 3 - red
  
• 4 - green
• 5 - yellow
  
• 6 - cyan
• 7 - magenta
  
• 8 - white
• 9 - black

PC CONSOLE GRAPHICS COLOR ASSIGNMENT

The colors for vga and ega graphics on 386 and 486 PC computers are as follows:

• 0 - background (initially black)
  
• 1 - foreground (initially bright white)
  
• 2 - blue
• 3 - red
  
• 4 - green
• 5 - yellow
  
• 6 - cyan
• 7 - magenta
  
• 8 - bright white
• 9 - black
  
• 10 - light blue
• 11 - light green
  
• 12 - light cyan
• 13 - light red
  
• 14 - light magenta
• 15 - brown
  
• 16 - gray
• 17 - white

X WINDOWS AND SUNVIEW COLORS

The colors available on X Windows, SunView, Color PostScript and HP-GL 2 are based on the X11R4 names and are as follows:

• 0 - background (initially white)
  
• 1 - foreground (initially black)
  
• 2 - blue
• 4 - red
  
• 3 - green
• 5 - yellow
  
• 6 - cyan
• 7 - magenta
  
• 8 - white
• 9 - black
  
• 10 - aquamarine
• 11 - medium aquamarine
  
• 12 - blue
• 13 - cadet blue
  
• 14 - cornflower blue
• 15 - dark slate blue
  
• 16 - light blue
• 17 - light steel blue
  
• 18 - medium blue
• 19 - medium slate blue
  
• 20 - midnight blue
• 21 - navy blue
  
• 22 - sky blue
• 23 - slate blue
  
• 24 - steel blue
• 25 - coral
  
• 26 - cyan
• 27 - firebrick
  
• 28 - brown
• 29 - sandy brown
  
• 30 - gold
• 31 - goldenrod
  
• 32 - light goldenrod
• 33 - green
  
• 34 - dark green
• 35 - dark olive green
  
• 36 - forest green
• 37 - lime green
  
• 38 - olive drab
• 39 - medium sea green
  
• 40 - medium spring green
• 41 - pale green
  
• 42 - sea green
• 43 - spring green
  
• 44 - yellow green
• 45 - dark slate gray
  
• 46 - dim gray
• 47 - light gray
  
• 48 - gray
• 49 - khaki
  
• 50 - magenta
• 51 - maroon
  
• 52 - orange
• 53 - orchid
  
• 54 - dark orchid
• 55 - medium orchid
  
• 56 - pink
• 57 - plum
  
• 58 - red
• 59 - indian red
  
• 60 - medium violet red
• 61 - orange red
  
• 62 - violet red
• 63 - salmon
  
• 64 - sienna
• 65 - tan
  
• 66 - thistle
• 67 - turquoise
  
• 68 - dark turquoise
• 69 - medium turquoise
  
• 70 - violet
• 71 - blue violet
  
• 72 - wheat
• 73 - yellow
  
• 74 - green yellow

Colors from 75 to 175 are 101 shades of gray from black to white.