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SETVTRGB(1)                            General Commands Manual                           SETVTRGB(1)

NAME
       setvtrgb - customize the console color map

SYNOPSIS
       setvtrgb vga

       setvtrgb FILE|-

DESCRIPTION
       setvtrgb sets the console color map in all virtual terminals according to custom values spec‐
       ified  in a file or standard input.  With the `vga' parameter, it can also be used to restore
       the settings built into the kernel.

       When invoked with a filename or `-', setvtrgb expects input as follows:

         color0_r,color1_r,...,color15_r
         color0_g,color1_g,...,color15_g
         color0_b,color1_b,...,color15_b

       where colorN_{r,g,b} is the red/green/blue portion of the respective color in  decimal  nota‐
       tion in the 0..255 range.  To pre-seed a file in the correct format, you can use

         cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_{red,grn,blu}

       The meanings of the color values are defined as follows:

         +--------+--------+---------+
         | Normal | Bright | Color   |
         +--------+--------+---------+
         |      0 |      8 | Black   |
         |      1 |      9 | Red     |
         |      2 |     10 | Green   |
         |      3 |     11 | Yellow  |
         |      4 |     12 | Blue    |
         |      5 |     13 | Magenta |
         |      6 |     14 | Cyan    |
         |      7 |     15 | White   |
         +---------------------------+

AUTHOR
       setvtrgb  is  Copyright  ©  2011  Alexey Gladkov <gladkov.alexey AT gmail.com>, with portions by
       Dustin Kirkland <kirkland AT canonical.com> and  Seth  Forshee  <seth.forshee AT canonical.com>  at
       Canonical Ltd.

       This  manual  page was written by Michael Schutte <michi AT debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others).

                                              July 2011                                  SETVTRGB(1)