Terminal Guide

8 Color Background

Set: 40-47
Reset: 49
urxvt
xterm
vte
konsole
linuxvc

Set background color attribute.

These attributes set the none bright named colors. The white color is a grey brighter than the "bright black".

40black
41red
42green
43yellow
44blue
45magenta
46cyan
47"white"

In practice these colors can be customized or selected from a theme in most terminals. The exact values can vary wildly.

linuxvc ( ✔ )

🛈 linuxvc has drivers that support monochrome mode, in which case the colors are ignored.