Re: min-colors 88

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:59:34 +0100 (CET)
> From: fatiparty@tutanota.com
> Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> Jan 28, 2022, 20:07 by eliz@gnu.org:
> 
> >> I could then come up with a hex-code where the colour in not  supported.
> >>
> >
> > There's no such thing when colors on TTY frames are considered:
> > Emacs automatically and transparently finds the closest color that is
> > supported, and uses that.
> >
> For 8-Bit  (2^8=256) there are defined 16 (Basic) + 6×6×6 (Cube) + 24 (Grey)
> 
> What's the situation for 24-bit RGB Codes?

What do you mean by "defined" in this context?

The colors "defined" for TTY frames are set up in tty-colors.el, and
they don't depend on the number of colors that the terminal actually
supports.