Color resources (c3270)

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Host colors

The following resources define how host colors are mapped to curses colors in c3270.

They are only used when c3270 is emulating a 3279 (color) display.

Host Color Resource Name
and Alias
Type Default
8-color terminal 16-color terminal
X'00' cursesColorForHostColorNeutralBlack
cursesColorForHostColor0
string black black
X'01' cursesColorForHostColorBlue
cursesColorForHostColor1
string blue intensified-blue
X'02' cursesColorForHostColorRed
cursesColorForHostColor2
string red red
X'03' cursesColorForHostColorPink
cursesColorForHostColor3
string magenta intensified-magenta
X'04' cursesColorForHostColorGreen
cursesColorForHostColor4
string green intensified-green
X'05' cursesColorForHostColorTurquoise
cursesColorForHostColor5
string cyan intensified-cyan
X'06' cursesColorForHostColorYellow
cursesColorForHostColor6
string yellow intensified-yellow
X'07' cursesColorForHostColorNeutralWhite
cursesColorForHostColor7
string white intensified-white
X'08' cursesColorForHostColorBlack
cursesColorForHostColor8
string black black
X'09' cursesColorForHostColorDeepBlue
cursesColorForHostColor9
string blue blue
X'0A' cursesColorForHostColorOrange
cursesColorForHostColor10
string yellow intensified-red
X'0B' cursesColorForHostColorPurple
cursesColorForHostColor11
string magenta magenta
X'0C' cursesColorForHostColorPaleGreen
cursesColorForHostColor12
string green green
X'0D' cursesColorForHostColorPaleTurquiose
cursesColorForHostColor13
string cyan cyan
X'0E' cursesColorForHostColorGray
cursesColorForHostColor14
string black white
X'0F' cursesColorForHostColorWhite
cursesColorForHostColor15
string white intensified-white

Attribute-based colors

The following resources define the curses colors used to display fields based on their attributes, if the host does not specify a color.

They are only used when c3270 is emulating a 3279 (color) display.

Resource Name Field Attribute Type Default
8-color terminal 16-color terminal
cursesColorForDefault Not protected, not intensified string green intensified-green
cursesColorForIntensified Not protected, intensified string red red
cursesColorForProtected (note 1) Protected, not intensified string blue intensified-blue
cursesColorForProtectedIntensified Protected, intensified string white intensified-white

(1) This resource also defines the curses color used to display the main parts of the c3270 Operator Information Area.