SETVTRGB(8) System Manager's Manual SETVTRGB(8) NAME setvtrgb - set the virtual terminal RGB colors SYNOPSIS setvtrgb vga|FILE|- DESCRIPTION The setvtrgb command takes a single argument, either the string vga , or a path to a file containing the red, green, and blue colors to be used by the Linux virtual terminals. If you use the FILE parameter, FILE should be exactly 3 lines of 16 comma-separated decimal values for RED, GREEN, and BLUE. To seed a valid FILE : cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_{red,grn,blu} > FILE And then edit the values in FILE AUTHOR The utility is written by Alexey Gladkov, Seth Forshee, Dustin Kirkland. DOCUMENTATION Documentation by Dustin Kirkland. Set Virtual Terminal RGB Colors 3 Mar 2011 SETVTRGB(8)