colortest

#!/bin/bash
#
#   This file echoes a bunch of color codes to the 
#   terminal to demonstrate what's available.  Each 
#   line is the color code of one forground color,
#   out of 17 (default + 16 escapes), followed by a 
#   test use of that color on all nine background 
#   colors (default + 8 escapes).
#
#   Author: Giles Orr
#   URL: http://gilesorr.com/bashprompt/howto/c350.html
#   License: GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
#            http://gilesorr.com/bashprompt/howto/a1004.html


T='gYw'   # The test text

echo -e "\n                 40m     41m     42m     43m\
     44m     45m     46m     47m";

for FGs in '    m' '   1m' '  30m' '1;30m' '  31m' '1;31m' '  32m' \
           '1;32m' '  33m' '1;33m' '  34m' '1;34m' '  35m' '1;35m' \
           '  36m' '1;36m' '  37m' '1;37m';
  do FG=${FGs// /}
  echo -en " $FGs \033[$FG  $T  "
  for BG in 40m 41m 42m 43m 44m 45m 46m 47m;
    do echo -en "$EINS \033[$FG\033[$BG  $T  \033[0m";
  done
  echo;
done
echo

#
#  colors v1.03
#
#  A simple shell script to output an ANSI terminal color chart.
#  It may be useful when trying to customize your ANSI terminal
#  color scheme!
#
#  Written and placed in the public domain by Ian Abbott <ian@abbott.org>
#
#  ANSI terminal color chart generator
#  Author: Ian Abbott
#  License: BSD License, http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
#  URL: http://www.snippetcenter.org/de/ansi-terminal-color-chart-generator-s1346.aspx

for h in 0 1; do
  echo -e "\\033[0;${h}m\\c"
  case $h in
  0) echo -e "Normal\\c" ;;
  1) echo -e "High\\c" ;;
  esac
  echo -e " intensity foreground (background color in parentheses)\\033[m"
  for f in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do
    for b in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
      echo -e "\\033[${h};3${f}\\c"
      if [ $b -lt 8 ]; then
        echo -e ";4${b}m\\c"
      else
        echo -e "m\\c"
      fi
      case $f in
      0) echo -e " BLACK \\c" ;;
      1) echo -e "  RED  \\c" ;;
      2) echo -e " GREEN \\c" ;;
      3) echo -e " YELLOW\\c" ;;
      4) echo -e "  BLUE \\c" ;;
      5) echo -e "MAGENTA\\c" ;;
      6) echo -e "  CYAN \\c" ;;
      7) echo -e " WHITE \\c" ;;
      esac
      case $b in
      8) echo -e "\\033[m" ;;
      *) echo -e " \\033[m \\c" ;;
      esac
    done
  done
  echo -e "\\033[${h}m\\c"
  for b in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
    case $b in
    0) echo -e "(black)  \\c" ;;
    1) echo -e " (red)   \\c" ;;
    2) echo -e "(green)  \\c" ;;
    3) echo -e "(yellow) \\c" ;;
    4) echo -e " (blue)  \\c" ;;
    5) echo -e "(magenta)\\c" ;;
    6) echo -e " (cyan)  \\c" ;;
    7) echo -e "(white)  \\c" ;;
    8) echo -e " (none)\\c" ;;
    esac
  done
  echo -e "\\033[m\\n"
done