How To Install Colortest-16 In Debian, Ubuntu, Kali And Raspbian?

How To Install Colortest-16 In Debian, Ubuntu, Kali And Raspbian?

colortest-16

utilities to test color capabilities of terminal

Maintainer: Jari Aalto



Section: utils

Install colortest-16

  • Debian apt-get install colortest Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install colortest Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install colortest Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install colortest Click to copy

colortest

utilities to test color capabilities of terminal

Most terminals are capable of displaying 16 colors; 8 colors and 2 different brightness values, some (like xterm) can display more, even 256 colors. The colortest package includes set of utilities to help test how many colors a terminal can show. These color settings depend on the $TERM environment variable and termcap entry and by adjusting or selecting correct values, higher colors may be available. The following numbers of colors can be tested for: 8, 16 and 256 colors.

Installation of latest colortest-16 command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali and Raspbian. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.