Re: min-colors 88

[Yuri Khan]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 13:14, fatiparty--- via Users list for the GNU
Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

> I keep seeing 88 for min-colors.  I wonder if a different number would be 
> more appropriate, as it seems
> that 88 is quite arbitrary.

Historically, there existed terminals that supported a maximum of 8
colors, 16 colors, 88 colors (basic 16 + 4×4×4 color cube + 8 grays?),
then 256 colors (basic 16 + 6×6×6 cube + 24 grays), and finally 24-bit
color.

Unless you intend to make a color theme for wide distribution, I
suggest configuring your own terminal emulators for 24-bit color and
always assuming full color range.