https://github.com/elmisback/ansi-scheme

Terminal emulator colors via ANSI escape sequences
https://github.com/elmisback/ansi-scheme

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Terminal emulator colors via ANSI escape sequences

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/elmisback/ansi-scheme
• Owner: elmisback
• Created: 2016-11-24T11:43:21.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-03-01T05:44:57.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-19T23:09:57.950Z (about 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
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# ansi-scheme

```

to be implemented:

* set

* display

* default_style

* Decent standard scheme library (probably base16)

```

I had this idea while tweaking the vim colorschemefile provided by the base16 project.

# Design documentation

Colorscheme pain points:

* Different formats for schemes in the wild

* Switching schemes on the fly

* Coordinating scheme-switching between terminal-based applications

Goals:

* On-the-fly terminal colorschemes without pain

* Grab schemes from Github

* Single palette for all applications

Non-goals:

* Distinguishing between applications (applications can handle this)

## `.ANSISCHEME` Format

```

{

  "colors": {

    "Black": "#000000",

    ...

    "BrightBlack": "222222",

    ...

    "BrightWhite": "ffffff",

    "16": "ab cd ef",

    "18": "cc cc cc",

    ...

    "21": "12 34 56"

  },

  "styles": {

    "extra-dark": {

      "foreground": "BrightBlack",

      "background": "Black",

      "cursor": "33 33 33"

    },

    "dark": {

      "foreground": "White",

      "background": "Black",

      "cursor": "33 33 33"

    },

    "light": {

      "foreground": "BrightBlack",

      "background": "White",

      "cursor": "33 33 33"

    }

  },

  "default_style": "dark"

}

# How are the colors parsed?

Use the first 3 pairs of hex digits or fall back to named colors.

# Why are non-(0-15) colors allowed?

Sometimes people like to set other colors.