A simple shell script to output an ANSI terminal color chart

color.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
#  colors v1.03
#
#  A simple shell script to output an ANSI terminal color chart.
#  It may be useful when trying to customize your ANSI terminal
#  color scheme!
#
#  Written and placed in the public domain by Ian Abbott <[email protected]>
#
#  ANSI terminal color chart generator
#  Author: Ian Abbott
#  License: BSD License, http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
#  URL: http://www.snippetcenter.org/de/ansi-terminal-color-chart-generator-s1346.aspx

for h in 0 1; do
	echo -e "\\033[0;${h}m\\c"
	case $h in
		0) echo -e "Normal\\c" ;;
		1) echo -e "High\\c" ;;
	esac
	echo -e " intensity foreground (background color in parentheses)\\033[m"
	for f in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7; do
		for b in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
			echo -e "\\033[${h};3${f}\\c"
			if [ $b -lt 8 ]; then
				echo -e ";4${b}m\\c"
			else
				echo -e "m\\c"
			fi
			case $f in
				0) echo -e " BLACK \\c" ;;
				1) echo -e "  RED  \\c" ;;
				2) echo -e " GREEN \\c" ;;
				3) echo -e " YELLOW\\c" ;;
				4) echo -e "  BLUE \\c" ;;
				5) echo -e "MAGENTA\\c" ;;
				6) echo -e "  CYAN \\c" ;;
				7) echo -e " WHITE \\c" ;;
			esac
			case $b in
				8) echo -e "\\033[m" ;;
				*) echo -e " \\033[m \\c" ;;
			esac
		done
	done
	echo -e "\\033[${h}m\\c"
	for b in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do
		case $b in
			0) echo -e "(black)  \\c" ;;
			1) echo -e " (red)   \\c" ;;
			2) echo -e "(green)  \\c" ;;
			3) echo -e "(yellow) \\c" ;;
			4) echo -e " (blue)  \\c" ;;
			5) echo -e "(magenta)\\c" ;;
			6) echo -e " (cyan)  \\c" ;;
			7) echo -e "(white)  \\c" ;;
			8) echo -e " (none)\\c" ;;
		esac
	done
	echo -e "\\033[m\\n"
done