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Re: min-colors 88
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: min-colors 88 |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:48:31 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Yuri Khan wrote:
>> I keep seeing 88 for min-colors. I wonder if a different
>> number would be more appropriate, as it seems that 88 is
>> quite arbitrary.
>
> Historically, there existed terminals that supported
> a maximum of 8 colors, 16 colors, 88 colors (basic 16 +
> 4×4×4 color cube + 8 grays?), then 256 colors (basic 16 +
> 6×6×6 cube + 24 grays), and finally 24-bit color.
24-bit color, which confusingly gives you an 8-bit image, since
$ echo $(( (2**8)**3 )) = $(( 256**3 )) # 16 777 216
^^^^^^^^ one byte per each RGB colors
> Unless you intend to make a color theme for wide
> distribution, I suggest configuring your own terminal
> emulators for 24-bit color and always assuming full
> color range.
The sky is the limit ...
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