colors.adoc

Color Reference

Types

Name	Value dircolors -p	Code dircolors	Default	Example
(reset)		rs	0	rs=0
directory	DIR	di	01;34	di=01;34
system_link	LINK	ln	01;36	ln=01;36
socket	SOCK	so	01;35	so=01;35
pipe	FIFO	pi	40;33	pi=40;33
executable	EXEC	ex	01;32	ex=01;32
block_special	BLK	bd	40;33;01	bd=40;33;01
char_special	CHR	cd	40;33;01	cd=40;33;01
exe_setuid	SETUID	su	37;41	su=37;41
exe_setgid	SETGID	sg	30;43	sg=30;43
dir_writeothers_sticky	STICKY_OTHER_WRITABLE	tw	30;42	tw=30;42
dir_writeothers_NOsticky	OTHER_WRITABLE	ow	34;42	ow=34;42

Codes

Code LS_COLORS	Type	Value	Value LSCOLORS	Position LSCOLORS
00	Attribute	none	x	Any
01	Attribute	bold	Uppercase	Any
04	Attribute	underscore
05	Attribute	blink
07	Attribute	reverse
08	Attribute	concealed
30	Foreground	black	a	1
31	Foreground	red	b	1
32	Foreground	green	c	1
33	Foreground	yellow	d	1
34	Foreground	blue	e	1
35	Foreground	magenta	f	1
36	Foreground	cyan	g	1
37	Foreground	white	h	1
40	Background	black	a	2
41	Background	red	b	2
42	Background	green	c	2
43	Background	yellow	d	2
44	Background	blue	e	2
45	Background	magenta	f	2
46	Background	cyan	g	2
47	Background	white	h	2

Note that an argument to LS_COLORS gets used as an escape sequence, so if directories are highlighted as 01;34, then a directory named Repos gets echoed as \e[01;34mRepos\e[0m (source). You can put in any escape sequence for any value, e.g. ln=38;5;0;48;5;103 (documentation here).