GNU bug report logs - #33398
26.1, netbsd-8; Hi Lock Faces, Hi Green B, default setting suggestion

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: van <at> scratch.space, 33398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33398: 26.1, netbsd-8; Hi Lock Faces, Hi Green B, default setting suggestion
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:32:43 +0200

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Cc: Van L <van <at> scratch.space>,  33398 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:06:50 +0200
> 
> >>> Maybe something like this, but I'm not sure because the red background would
> >>> be too glaring on 88 colors, but more readable orchid1 is not quite red.
> >>
> >> Is OrangeRed better?
> >
> > OrangeRed is not better than red, but simply Orange looks much better,
> > so a new face could be named hi-orange.
> 
> After trying to use Orange, I see it's too saturated, that is bad for
> light backgrounds.  But I found a much better color: Gold.  It is still
> related to red because gold can be reddish in an alloy with copper.

I don't see how "gold" can be translated to "red", sorry.  It
translates to yellow shades on both 8- and 16-color TTYs, as expected.
Did you try "IndianRed" instead?

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