How To Install Colortest-256?

How To Install Colortest-256?

colortest-256

utilities to test color capabilities of terminal

Maintainer: Jari Aalto



Section: utils

Install colortest-256

  • 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.

Installing colortest-256 command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of colortest-256 2026 package in your OS.