terminal-colors

A quick reference for ANSI colors and text formatting in the terminal.

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Setup

git clone https://github.com/AFaria20s/terminal-colors.git
cd terminal-colors
bash setup.sh
source ~/.zshrc  # or ~/.bashrc

Then just type:

colors

Manual usage

If you prefer to set it up yourself:

cp colors.sh ~/.colors.sh
echo "alias colors='bash ~/.colors.sh'" >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

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What it shows

• Text formatting — bold, dim, italic, underline, blink, reverse, strikethrough
• Foreground colors — normal and bright variants
• Background colors — normal and bright variants

Each entry is rendered with its own escape code, so you see exactly what you get.

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256 colors and truecolor

Not in the script since there are hundreds of values, but the syntax is simple:

echo -e "\033[38;5;208m  fg 256  \033[0m"   # 256 fg (0–255)
echo -e "\033[48;5;208m  bg 256  \033[0m"   # 256 bg (0–255)

echo -e "\033[38;2;255;100;0m  fg rgb  \033[0m"   # truecolor fg
echo -e "\033[48;2;255;100;0m  bg rgb  \033[0m"   # truecolor bg

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License

MIT