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Why is there no orange?

Why is there no orange? The entire colour palette is a bit depressing. Also my terminal (Ubuntu in WSL2) had an ugly colour palette defined by default with several identical colours. I'm glad I found out! Use this to check yours: for i in {0..15}; do printf "\e[48;5;%dm %2d \e[0m " "$i" "$i"; (( (i + 1) % 8 == 0 )) && echo; done and then press ctrl + , to change it.

Posted by Tepix on Aug 3, 2026, 10:44 AM

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Why is there no orange?

TepixAug 3, 2026, 10:44 AM

Why is there no orange? The entire colour palette is a bit depressing. Also my terminal (Ubuntu in WSL2) had an ugly colour palette defined by default with several identical colours. I'm glad I found out! Use this to check yours: for i in {0..15}; do printf "\e[48;5;%dm %2d \e[0m " "$i" "$i"; (( (i + 1) % 8 == 0 )) && echo; done and then press ctrl + , to change it.

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