xcolor - displays 256 colors in an X window.
xcolor [ -display display ] [ -geometry geometry ] [ -dump ] [ -nobw ] [ -half ] [ -noinst ] [ -iconwin ]
xcolor(1) General Commands Manual xcolor(1)
NAME
xcolor - displays 256 colors in an X window.
SYNOPSIS
xcolor [ -display display ] [ -geometry geometry ] [ -dump ] [ -nobw ]
[ -half ] [ -noinst ] [ -iconwin ]
DESCRIPTION
xcolor displays all 256 colors in a window. When you move the pointer
into the window, installs a colormap containing a hue ramp with con-
stant saturation and constant brightness, while preserving black and
white.
OPTIONS
-display connection
Connect to X server display, connection.
-geometry geomspec
Set window size and placement to the standard X11 geometry speci-
fication, geomspec.
-dump
Dumps the RGB values of the default colormap to stdout.
-nobw
Don't preserve black and white in the hue ramp.
-half
Create the hue ramp using only the upper half of the colormap.
-noinst
Don't install the hue ramp.
-iconwin
Use as miniature version of the main window as the icon.
AUTHOR
Patrick J. Naughton (naughton@wind.sun.com)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Availability | x11/colormap-utilities |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Stability | Volatile |
+---------------+------------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://www.x.org/releases/individ-
ual/app/xstdcmap-1.0.4.tar.bz2.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.x.org.
24 July 2001 xcolor(1)