---
name: "colortest-256"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "colortest"
version: "20110624-10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/colortest-256"
---

# colortest-256(1)

Display ASCII color test graph

## NAME

colortest-256 - Display ASCII color test graph

## SYNOPSIS

```
  colortest-256
```

## DESCRIPTION

Display color palette using 256 colors.

## OPTIONS

None.

## ENVIRONMENT

None.

## FILES

None.

## SEE ALSO

[**colortest-8**(1)](/colortest-8/1.md) [**colortest-16**(1)](/colortest-16/1.md) [**colortest-16b**(1)](/colortest-16b/1.md) [**colortest-python**(1)](/colortest-python/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Program was written by Thomas E. Dickey \<dickey@his.com\>, Steve Wall and Todd Larason.

This manual page was written by Jari Aalto \<jari.aalto@cante.net\>, for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Released under license GNU GPL version 3 or (at your option) any later version. For more information about license, visit \<http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html\>.