My work environment is on windows and often I need to ssh into my server with putty (edit: I now use Kitty). The coloring is determined through the putty color settings and I quickly found that I couldn’t look at my terminal without wincing in pain when weird color combinations plague my sight.
A quick google search found a russian site that had really nice color schemes. You can browse through and find the one that resonates with you. Personally, I am enjoying the chalkboard theme. For fear of having this site go down, I’ve copied the theme settings below.
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http://putty.org.ru/themes/index.html[/caption]
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http://putty.org.ru/themes/index.html[/caption]
I’ve now switched to the Kasugano colour theme. I’ve converted the hex colours to RGB below:
URxvt.background: #1b1b1b 27-27-27 URxvt.foreground: #FFFFFF 255-255-255 URxvt.colorBD: #CFCFCF 207-207-207 URxvt.colorUL: #969696 150-150-150 URxvt.colorIT: #686868 104-104-104 !Black *color0: #3D3D3D 61-61-61 *color8: #4D4D4D 77-77-77 !Red *color1: #6673BF 102-115-191 *color9: #899AFF 137-154-255 !Green *color2: #3EA290 62-162-144 *color10: #52AD91 82-173-145 !Yellow *color3: #B0EAD9 176-234-217 *color11: #98C9BB 152-201-187 !Blue *color4: #31658C 49-101-140 *color12: #477AB3 71-122-179 !Magenta *color5: #596196 89-97-150 *color13: #7882BF 120-130-191 !Cyan *color6: #8292B2 130-146-178 *color14: #95A7CC 149-167-204 !White *color7: #C8CACC 200-202-204 *color15: #EDEFF2 237-239-242