\section set_color set_color - set the terminal color

\subsection set_color-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
set_color [OPTIONS] [COLOR]
\endfish

\subsection set_color-description Description

`set_color` changes the foreground and/or background color of the terminal. `COLOR` is one of black, red, green, brown, yellow, blue, magenta, purple, cyan, white and normal.

If your terminal supports term256 (modern xterms and OS X Lion), you can specify an RGB value with three or six hex digits, such as A0FF33 or f2f. `fish` will choose the closest supported color.

The following options are available:

- `-b`, `--background` `COLOR` sets the background color.

- `-c`, `--print-colors` prints a list of all valid color names.

- `-o`, `--bold` sets bold or extra bright mode.

- `-u`, `--underline` sets underlined mode.


Calling `set_color normal` will set the terminal color to the default color of the terminal.

Some terminals use the `--bold` escape sequence to switch to a brighter color set. On such terminals, `set_color white` will result in a grey font color, while `set_color --bold white` will result in a white font color.

Not all terminal emulators support all these features.

`set_color` uses the terminfo database to look up how to change terminal colors on whatever terminal is in use. Some systems have old and incomplete terminfo databases, and may lack color information for terminals that support it.


\subsection set_color-example Examples

\fish
set_color red; echo "Roses are red"
set_color blue; echo "Violets are blue"
set_color 62A; echo "Eggplants are dark purple"
set_color normal; echo "Normal is nice too"
\endfish
