set_color(1)

NAME
set_color -- set the terminal color

  Synopsis

set_color [OPTIONS] [COLOR]

  Description
set_color changes the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. COLOR is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple, cyan, white and normal.

If your terminal supports term256 (modern xterms and OS X Lion), you can specify an RGB value with three or six hex digits, such as A0FF33 or f2f. fish will choose the closest supported color.

The following options are available:

•   -b, --background COLOR sets the background color.

•   -c, --print-colors prints a list of all valid color names.

•   -o, --bold sets bold or extra bright mode.

•   -u, --underline sets underlined mode.

Calling set_color normal will set the terminal color to the default color of the terminal.

Some terminals use the --bold escape sequence to switch to a brighter color set. On such terminals, set_color white will result in a grey font color, while set_color --bold white will result in a white font color.

Not all terminal emulators support all these features.

set_color uses the terminfo database to look up how to change terminal colors on whatever terminal is in use. Some systems have old and incomplete terminfo databases, and may lack color information for terminals that support it.

  Examples

set_color red; echo 'Roses are red'
set_color blue; echo 'Violets are blue'
set_color 62A; echo 'Eggplants are dark purple'
set_color normal; echo 'Normal is nice too'