====== Color Codes ======

In the early years of BBSing, everything was black and white. Eventually, around 1983, authors started embedding ANSI Color sequences in to their text, making for a much more beautiful experience. Of course, asking Sysops to memorize ANSI color sequences was not the way to go, instead the authors started implementing techniques to ease how to implement colors.

^ Prefix ^ Color Range(s) ^
^  %%|%%  | Pipe codes are the %%|%% (pipe) key followed by two hex numbers.\\ The first is the background and the second being the foreground.\\ e.g. %%|1F%% is Blue Background, White Text. |
^  @X  | PCBoard code is @X followed by two hex numbers.\\ The first is the background and the second being the foreground.\\ e.g. @X1F is Blue Background, White Text. |
^  #  | Similar to HTML, we use # and six hex numbers.\\ Grouped in pairs, they are rrggbb (rr=Red), (gg=Green), (bb=Blue).\\ e.g. #FFFFFF is White Text\\ This uses actually translates to the "t" ANSI Sequence for color change. |
^  $  | Similar to the previous we use $ and six hex numbers.\\ Grouped in pairs, they are rrggbb (rr=Red), (gg=Green), (bb=Blue).\\ e.g. $FFFFFF is White Text\\ This uses actually translates to the "m" ANSI Sequence for color change. |
^  %  | Similar to HTML, we use % and six hex numbers.\\ Grouped in pairs, they are rrggbb (rr=Red), (gg=Green), (bb=Blue).\\ e.g. %000080 is Blue Background\\ This uses actually translates to the "t" ANSI Sequence for color change. |
^  !  | Similar to the previous we use ! and six hex numbers.\\ Grouped in pairs, they are rrggbb (rr=Red), (gg=Green), (bb=Blue).\\ e.g. $FFFFFF is White Text\\ This uses actually translates to the "m" ANSI Sequence for color change. |

===== PIPE and PCB COLORS =====

%%<pipe or @X><bg hex><fg hex>%%
Hex Colors:

  * //BACKGROUND COLORS://
  * 0 = Black
  * 1 = Blue
  * 2 = Green
  * 3 = Teal
  * 4 = Red
  * 5 = Purple
  * 6 = Brown
  * 7 = Silver
  * //FOREGROUND COLORS://
  * 8 = Bright Black
  * 9 = Bright Blue
  * A = Bright Green
  * B = Bright Teal
  * C = Bright Red
  * D = Bright Purple
  * E = Yellow
  * F = White

===== Putting to use =====

We found during our testing of other terminals (looking to see who all supports 24-bit color) that you can stack your commands. So, if we want to show an off yellow, what we do is stack the '%%|0E%%#FFFFF0My Text'. Terminals that only support 16 color will change to Yellow on Black, while terminals that support 24-bit change to Yellow on Black, then Off Yellow (24bit color). By following this practice, you can use the 16 colors as your fall-back on terminals that do not support modern ANSI.

**NOTE** Sometimes the inability to support more than 16 colors is limited by the platform or hardware. Microsoft's DOS operating systems by default only supported 16 colors (as old video memory was 2 bytes per character - 1 being the color, the other the displayed character (1 byte could only support 16 bits (the 16 colors of DOS/ANSI)).