Iterm2 colors - using the 42m or 41m options

Question

So I've downloaded and set my iterm2 colors based on the themes from this site: http://iterm2colorschemes.com

I wanted to know though, how to set the terminal to the 40m, 41m, 42m, etc. colors. What are those, and is there a way to change the default iterm2 settings to have that?

How would I change it for things like nano or vim?

Thanks!

Answer 1

40m and 41m those are just samples how it will look like when you change the background color. if you like 41m just change color to that background color.

it just shows you how it looks like before you change to it. You change the background color manually.

:)

Answer 2

Each line is the color code of one foreground color, out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a test use of that color on all nine background colors (default + 8 escapes).

Those are escape sequences, the row and column are combined to form different color foreground/background combinations. The second column from the left in the color theme table is what your shell will use for its primary display.

Try running this script from one of your iTerm shells:

#!/bin/bash
#
#   This file echoes a bunch of color codes to the
#   terminal to demonstrate what's available.  Each
#   line is the color code of one forground color,
#   out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a
#   test use of that color on all nine background
#   colors (default + 8 escapes).
#

T='gYw'   # The test text

echo -e "\n                 40m     41m     42m     43m\
     44m     45m     46m     47m";

for FGs in '    m' '   1m' '  30m' '1;30m' '  31m' '1;31m' '  32m' \
           '1;32m' '  33m' '1;33m' '  34m' '1;34m' '  35m' '1;35m' \
           '  36m' '1;36m' '  37m' '1;37m';
  do FG=${FGs// /}
  echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG  $T  "
  for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m;
    do echo -en "$EINS \033[$FG\033[$BG  $T  \033[0m";
  done
  echo;
done
echo

Ref: https://github.com/mbadolato/iTerm2-Color-Schemes/blob/master/tools/screenshotTable.sh

Example output from one of my shells: