Help understanding colour limitations.

[Patrick]

Hi Everyone

I know that with the int constant COLORS we will know how many colours 
the terminal supports. I know that 8, 88 and 256 are pretty much the 
only combinations that are likely to be encountered and I am assuming 
that if I default to 8 on something else, I should be safe.

However, is there any danger in initializing 256 colours, with 
init_color(),  when the terminal only support 8 or 88 ? I am creating a 
palette of 256 colours(or almost 256) but I know this can't be used in 
all terminals. However can they be safely initialized if I only actually 
use a smaller amount that the terminal actually supports? I am planning 
on having the first 8, just the same as the built in colours, BLACK, 
BLUE, GREEN etc

Thanks for reading-Patrick