netdev - [PATCH iproute2 2/2] color: Do not use dark blue in dark-background palette

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Message-ID: <Z-QKeE-9V2QLyDih@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:08:56 +0100
From: Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: 1088739@...s.debian.org
Subject: [PATCH iproute2 2/2] color: Do not use dark blue in dark-background
 palette

In GNOME Terminal's default dark colour schemes, the default (dark)
blue on a black background is barely readable.  Light blue is
significantly more readable to me, and is also easily readable on a
white background.

In Konsole, rxvt, and xterm, I can see little if any difference
between dark and light blue in the default dark colour schemes.

So replace dark blue with light blue in the dark-background palette.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <benh@...ian.org>
---
 lib/color.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/color.c b/lib/color.c
index 88ba9b03..aa112352 100644
--- a/lib/color.c
+++ b/lib/color.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ enum color {
 	C_BOLD_RED,
 	C_BOLD_GREEN,
 	C_BOLD_YELLOW,
-	C_BOLD_BLUE,
+	C_BOLD_LIGHT_BLUE,
 	C_BOLD_MAGENTA,
 	C_BOLD_CYAN,
 	C_BOLD_WHITE,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static const char * const color_codes[] = {
 	"\e[1;31m",
 	"\e[1;32m",
 	"\e[1;33m",
-	"\e[1;34m",
+	"\e[1;94m",
 	"\e[1;35m",
 	"\e[1;36m",
 	"\e[1;37m",
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static enum color attr_colors_dark[] = {
 	C_BOLD_CYAN,
 	C_BOLD_YELLOW,
 	C_BOLD_MAGENTA,
-	C_BOLD_BLUE,
+	C_BOLD_LIGHT_BLUE,
 	C_BOLD_GREEN,
 	C_BOLD_RED,
 	C_CLEAR

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