Solaris Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

colorUse Resource

The default value of the colorUse resource is MEDIUM_COLOR. The value of this resource affects the number of color sets used in a palette. Other resources affect the number of colors used to make shadows. The value of the colorUse resource also affects the use of multi-color icons.

Value 

Description 

B_W 

“Black and White” Style Manager setting Displays with 1 to 3 color planes Number of color sets: 2 Maximum number of colors: 2 Default number of colors: 2 No multicolor icons 

LOW_COLOR 

“Most Color for Applications” Style Manager setting Displays with 4 to 5 color planes Number of color sets: 2 Maximum number of colors: 12 Default number of colors: 12 No multicolor icons 

MEDIUM_COLOR 

“More Colors for Application” Style Manager setting Displays with 6 color planes Number of color sets: 4 Maximum number of colors: 22 Default number of colors: 22 Multicolor icons 

HIGH_COLOR 

“More Colors for Desktop” Style Manager setting Displays with 7 or more color planes Number of color sets: 8 Maximum number of colors: 42 Default number of colors: 42 Multicolor icons 

default 

The desktop chooses the correct value for that display. (To reduce the number of colors used by the desktop for high-color displays, the default colorUse resource is set to MEDIUM_COLOR.)