# Colours

# Foreground and Background

Select the Use colours from system theme option to use the colours that are specified in the MATE Desktop theme that is selected in the Theme tab of the Appearance preference tool.

Use the Built-in schemes drop-down list to specify the foreground and background colours for the terminal. MATE Terminal supports the following foreground and background colour combinations:

Black on light yellow

Black on white

Grey on black

Green on black

White on black

Custom

This option enables you to select colours that are not in the selected colour scheme.

The actual display of the foreground and background colours can vary depending on the colour scheme that you choose. For example, if you choose White on black and the Linux console colour scheme, the application displays the foreground and background colours as light grey on black. The Built-in schemes drop-down list is only enabled if the Use colours from the system theme option is unselected.

Click on the Text colour button to display the Choose terminal text colour dialogue. Use the colour wheel or the spin boxes to customise the colour that you want to use as the text colour, then click OK. The Text colour button is only enabled if the Use colours from the system theme option is unselected.

Click on the Background colour button to display the Choose terminal background colour dialogue. Use the colour wheel or the spin boxes to customise the colour that you want to use as the background colour, then click OK. The Background colour button is only enabled if the Use colours from the system theme option is unselected.

# Palette

The terminal emulation can only use 16 colours at a time to draw text. The colour palette specifies these 16 colours. Applications that run in the terminal use an index number to specify a colour from this palette.

Use the Built-in schemes drop-down list to choose a preset colour scheme. The colour palette below and the contents of the terminal window are both updated to show the scheme.

Use the Colour palette to customise the 16 default colours in the custom colour palette. To customise a colour, click on the colour to display the Palette entry dialogue. Use the colour wheel or the spin boxes to customise the colour, then click OK.