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''(For a discussion of how DF displays different items, and decides which colors get altered and when, see [[color]].)''
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''(For a discussion of how DF displays different items and decides which colors get altered and when, see [[color]].)''
  
 
''Dwarf Fortress'' uses '''color schemes''' to determine how the game will be presented during play, whether a [[ranger]] will appear bright Spring green or dark forest green, or whether [[microcline]] will be "eye-blasting blue" or something more calm.  The default scheme is quite bold - other schemes are easily possible, even to better accommodate those of us with problems seeing standard color mixes, or just can't take "eye-blasting blue".   
 
''Dwarf Fortress'' uses '''color schemes''' to determine how the game will be presented during play, whether a [[ranger]] will appear bright Spring green or dark forest green, or whether [[microcline]] will be "eye-blasting blue" or something more calm.  The default scheme is quite bold - other schemes are easily possible, even to better accommodate those of us with problems seeing standard color mixes, or just can't take "eye-blasting blue".   
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:LGRAY, WHITE
 
:LGRAY, WHITE
  
The color scheme data is located in the [[colors.txt]] file, found in the ''Dwarf Fortress/data/init'' folder.
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The color scheme data is located in the [[colors.txt]] file, found in the Dwarf Fortress/data/init folder.
  
[https://manmademagic.github.io/DFColorGen/ DFColorgen] is a web tool to create and visualize color schemes.
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[https://manmademagic.github.io/DFColorGen/ DFColorgen] is an easy way to create and visualize color schemes.
  
 
==What colors show up where==
 
==What colors show up where==
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{{color scheme
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#000000
 
|black=#000000
|dgray=#a0a0a0
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|dgray=#808080
|blue=#207df1
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|blue=#000080
|lblue=#8c66ff
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|lblue=#0000ff
|green=#a2dc34
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|green=#008000
|lgreen=#13fd65
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|lgreen=#00ff00
|cyan=#71bbb0
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|cyan=#008080
|lcyan=#12fecf
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|lcyan=#00ffff
|red=#ff113a
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|red=#800000
|lred=#ff7111
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|lred=#ff0000
|magenta=#a73cd5
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|magenta=#800080
|lmagenta=#e811ff
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|lmagenta=#ff00ff
|brown=#d79b2d
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|brown=#808000
|yellow=#ffe111
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|yellow=#ffff00
 
|lgray=#c0c0c0
 
|lgray=#c0c0c0
 
|white=#ffffff
 
|white=#ffffff
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The 16 colors are not fixed, except by their definitions in colors.txt.  If you wanted to change YELLOW to something slightly brighter or darker, or more orange, or into deep purple, you can by changing the values listed under the label "YELLOW".  Note that the color names are ''case sensitive'' - the color is "YELLOW", not "Yellow" or "yellow".
 
The 16 colors are not fixed, except by their definitions in colors.txt.  If you wanted to change YELLOW to something slightly brighter or darker, or more orange, or into deep purple, you can by changing the values listed under the label "YELLOW".  Note that the color names are ''case sensitive'' - the color is "YELLOW", not "Yellow" or "yellow".
  
When designing a custom color, 3 "lights" of color are used: '''R'''ed, '''G'''reen, and '''B'''lue (RGB), on a scale of 0-255.  The more light (the higher the value), the brighter the color; the less light (the lower the value), the darker. Using "light" is not the same as using "pigment" ''(the standard "paint mixing" formulae we learned in school, where Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan are the 3 basic ingredients)'' - M+C does not give "blue" in this format.   
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When designing a custom color, 3 "lights" of color are used: '''R'''ed, '''G'''reen, and '''B'''lue (RGB), on a scale of 0-255.  The more light (the higher the value), the brighter the color; the less light (the lower the value), the darker. Using "light" is not the same as using "pigment" ''(the standard "paint mixing" formulae we learned in school, where Red, Yellow and Blue are the 3 basic ingredients)'' - B+R does not give "purple" in this format.   
  
 
Since we're using Red, Green and Blue light, some form of those three colors is relatively easy to achieve - but look at examples of the other standard colors below to understand how they mix together and how to "shade" or "tint", or brighten or darken a color - or you can simply find a color below that you like and go from that, or use one of these [[Color#Color_tokens|standard RGB colors]].  Always use caution to avoid ending up with colors that are "too similar".
 
Since we're using Red, Green and Blue light, some form of those three colors is relatively easy to achieve - but look at examples of the other standard colors below to understand how they mix together and how to "shade" or "tint", or brighten or darken a color - or you can simply find a color below that you like and go from that, or use one of these [[Color#Color_tokens|standard RGB colors]].  Always use caution to avoid ending up with colors that are "too similar".
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''(Note also that when posting screenshots to this wiki (and the forum boards), custom color schemes (or [[tilesets]]) can cause confusion with players who do not use those specific mixes.  This wiki requests you use one of the default set-ups that come with the game to post screenshots here.)''
 
''(Note also that when posting screenshots to this wiki (and the forum boards), custom color schemes (or [[tilesets]]) can cause confusion with players who do not use those specific mixes.  This wiki requests you use one of the default set-ups that come with the game to post screenshots here.)''
  
 
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=== Pre-v50 Default Scheme ===
 
The old default color scheme from earlier versions of Dwarf Fortress, for those who prefer it.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#000000
 
|dgray=#808080
 
|blue=#000080
 
|lblue=#0000ff
 
|green=#008000
 
|lgreen=#00ff00
 
|cyan=#008080
 
|lcyan=#00ffff
 
|red=#800000
 
|lred=#ff0000
 
|magenta=#800080
 
|lmagenta=#ff00ff
 
|brown=#808000
 
|yellow=#ffff00
 
|lgray=#c0c0c0
 
|white=#ffffff
 
}}
 
  
 
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|lgrayt=(Calliope gray!)
 
|lgrayt=(Calliope gray!)
 
|white=#FFFFFF
 
|white=#FFFFFF
}}
 
 
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=== nocpur's Color Scheme ===
 
A soft, earth-toned color scheme. Used by nocpur in screenshots of the fortress [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180198 Striketrampled].
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#15130F
 
|dgray=#746E71
 
|blue=#2B86A1
 
|lblue=#3FA4B8
 
|green=#5B8722
 
|lgreen=#A5B91F
 
|cyan=#1A996A
 
|lcyan=#22D4A5
 
|red=#A01838
 
|lred=#C91E35
 
|magenta=#872B72
 
|lmagenta=#BE6EB9
 
|brown=#965A1E
 
|yellow=#DEA035
 
|lgray=#B2AFAC
 
|white=#FFFDFC
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|lgray=#4e5537
 
|lgray=#4e5537
 
|white=#f4ffd0
 
|white=#f4ffd0
}}
 
 
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=== Koumakan's Color Schemes ===
 
 
KMK Systems color schemes can be found at http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=169671.0.
 
 
====Soyuz====
 
"The colorscheme shown is my Soyuz colorscheme I made for one of Taffer's more experimental variants of his tileset, check his stuff out if you haven't, it's easily one of the best ASCII sets for DF."
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#281100
 
|dgray=#4A3226
 
|blue=#2E495E
 
|lblue=#4C889E
 
|green=#333100
 
|lgreen=#56571B
 
|cyan=#527F39
 
|lcyan=#A3B934
 
|red=#7C0000
 
|lred=#DB2700
 
|magenta=#776A36
 
|lmagenta=#EFC140
 
|brown=#7C5434
 
|yellow=#FF9A0A
 
|lgray=#B98764
 
|white=#FFF0AD
 
}}
 
 
====Bonsai====
 
"These colors are based off of Cyprinodon's work that you can see [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=150763.0 HERE]
 
I really liked his color scheme at the time and made a handful of tweaks years ago to try some things out while still keeping the original BG color."
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#2E0018
 
|dgray=#443025
 
|blue=#0443B7
 
|lblue=#0099F0
 
|green=#076F29
 
|lgreen=#27EC48
 
|cyan=#1D9661
 
|lcyan=#2AFF98
 
|red=#710000
 
|lred=#D32800
 
|magenta=#80234E
 
|lmagenta=#E559A5
 
|brown=#724E2F
 
|yellow=#FFA200
 
|lgray=#B07F5A
 
|white=#FFEFA0
 
}}
 
 
====Gordon====
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#150F0A
 
|dgray=#32230F
 
|blue=#193A91
 
|lblue=#2595CF
 
|green=#334B0E
 
|lgreen=#88C922
 
|cyan=#08C49F
 
|lcyan=#7FE8B5
 
|red=#550F0A
 
|lred=#EF3A0C
 
|magenta=#562E73
 
|lmagenta=#A03A9E
 
|brown=#624C01
 
|yellow=#FFA200
 
|lgray=#684C3C
 
|white=#EFD8A1
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|yellow=#e6db74
 
|yellow=#e6db74
 
|lgray=#f5deb3
 
|lgray=#f5deb3
|white=#fff
 
}}
 
 
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===Qud===
 
 
A color scheme based on the game [https://www.cavesofqud.com/ Caves of Qud]. Original by Corporal_Klinger on the DF forums, modified for visibility by Mabelmabel on the CoQ discord.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#0F3B3A
 
|dgray=#51797A
 
|blue=#0048BD
 
|lblue=#0096FF
 
|green=#009403
 
|lgreen=#009403
 
|cyan=#40A4B9
 
|lcyan=#77BFCF
 
|red=#A64A2E
 
|lred=#D74200
 
|magenta=#B154CF
 
|lmagenta=#DA5BD6
 
|brown=#98875F
 
|yellow=#CFC041
 
|lgray=#B1C9C3
 
 
|white=#fff
 
|white=#fff
 
}}
 
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|red=#b300b0
 
|red=#b300b0
 
|lred=#ff21a6
 
|lred=#ff21a6
|magenta=#d92eff
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|magenta=#ff2ebd
 
|lmagenta=#ff8abf
 
|lmagenta=#ff8abf
 
|brown=#b57438
 
|brown=#b57438
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|lgray=#595959
 
|lgray=#595959
 
|white=#828282
 
|white=#828282
}}
 
 
== Zippy's Themes ==
 
=== Zippy's Vibrant ===
 
Colors here are designed to be much softer, richer and brighter than the game's default colors. Most colors are very slightly dimmed as to appear less over saturated than the original color scheme, but still manage to show as unique and vibrant colors.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#111111
 
|dgray=#a1a1a1
 
|blue=#406fec
 
|lblue=#43c6f7
 
|green=#539f47
 
|lgreen=#5fe34d
 
|cyan=#4fc0d9
 
|lcyan=#81edef
 
|red=#b81d1d
 
|lred=#f13636
 
|magenta=#cb4096
 
|lmagenta=#f97ad9
 
|brown=#ab7611
 
|yellow=#ffcc00
 
|lgray=#a19d9a
 
|white=#fffaf5
 
}}
 
 
=== Zippy's Low Contrast ===
 
An alternate color scheme where the colors - as the title would denote - have less contrast, as all the colors are much closer to their counterparts. This color scheme may be hard to see on a darker monitor.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#111111
 
|dgray=#a1a1a1
 
|blue=#3a65d7
 
|lblue=#33D4DF
 
|green=#39912B
 
|lgreen=#B2FFA7
 
|cyan=#4BC8B6
 
|lcyan=#66FFFA
 
|red=#d03a17
 
|lred=#FF8C8C
 
|magenta=#A821A0
 
|lmagenta=#FFA6C8
 
|brown=#B34109
 
|yellow=#FFBE7D
 
|lgray=#a19d9a
 
|white=#ffffff
 
}}
 
 
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== DPh Kraken's Themes ==
 
 
===Minecraft Wool===
 
Uses the exact hex codes of each wool dye color from Minecraft.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#1D1D21
 
|dgray=#474F52
 
|blue=#8932B8
 
|lblue=#3C44AA
 
|green=#5E7C16
 
|lgreen=#80C71F
 
|cyan=#169C9C
 
|lcyan=#3AB3DA
 
|red=#B02E26
 
|lred=#F9801D
 
|magenta=#C74EBD
 
|lmagenta=#F38BAA
 
|brown=#835432
 
|yellow=#FED83D
 
|lgray=#9D9D97
 
|white=#F9FFFE
 
}}
 
 
===Minecraft Map===
 
Another Minecraft-themed set, this uses a selection of tile colors as they appear on Java Edition maps.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#191919
 
|dgray=#707070
 
|blue=#2C2CB2
 
|lblue=#4040FF
 
|green=#007C00
 
|lgreen=#7FB238
 
|cyan=#7070B4
 
|lcyan=#A0A0FF
 
|red=#B40000
 
|lred=#DC0000
 
|magenta=#7D3598
 
|lmagenta=#B24CD8
 
|brown=#8F7748
 
|yellow=#F7E9A3
 
|lgray=#A7A7A7
 
|white=#FFFFFF
 
}}
 
 
===Painterly===
 
Uses dye colors from the Painterly texture pack for Minecraft. Dark and saturated.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#0B0B0B
 
|dgray=#434343
 
|blue=#65008F
 
|lblue=#003DA5
 
|green=#003C00
 
|lgreen=#73913A
 
|cyan=#2A89F4
 
|lcyan=#47F0E9
 
|red=#8A0000
 
|lred=#E77B00
 
|magenta=#C20089
 
|lmagenta=#F6959B
 
|brown=#56390B
 
|yellow=#F3D233
 
|lgray=#A8A8A8
 
|white=#FFFFFF
 
}}
 
 
===Minty===
 
Based on the default dark mode (Mint-Y-Dark) terminal colors for Linux Mint.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#2E3435
 
|dgray=#535756
 
|blue=#34659F
 
|lblue=#729FD2
 
|green=#4E980D
 
|lgreen=#8AE340
 
|cyan=#069696
 
|lcyan=#39E2DE
 
|red=#CD0001
 
|lred=#F02727
 
|magenta=#725179
 
|lmagenta=#AC7FA5
 
|brown=#C4A106
 
|yellow=#FEEA57
 
|lgray=#A4A5A2
 
|white=#EDEEE9
 
}}
 
 
== Spaceman00's Themes ==
 
=== Matrix 1 ===
 
Pallete inspired by matrix movie screen colors.<br>
 
Only, green, light green, blue, light blue, white and black are different as they are the only colors present at the screen.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#0E0E0E
 
|dgray=#808080
 
|blue=#384B89
 
|lblue=#6588BC
 
|green=#8EC58C
 
|lgreen=#B2D8A7
 
|cyan=#008080
 
|lcyan=#00FFFF
 
|red=#800000
 
|lred=#FF0000
 
|magenta=#800080
 
|lmagenta=#FF00FF
 
|brown=#808000
 
|yellow=#FFFF00
 
|lgray=#C0C0C0
 
|white=#E4E4E2
 
}}
 
 
=== Matrix 2===
 
Pallete inspired by matrix movie screen colors.<br>
 
Only, green, light green, blue, light blue, white and black are from the movie, other colors are decided following some pattern related to original DF pallete pattern.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#0E0E0E
 
|dgray=#797978
 
|blue=#384B89
 
|lblue=#6588BC
 
|green=#8EC58C
 
|lgreen=#B2D8A7
 
|cyan=#3A7365
 
|lcyan=#65D8BC
 
|red=#4E1422
 
|lred=#8D1A36
 
|magenta=#27142C
 
|lmagenta=#401A49
 
|brown=#4E3C21
 
|yellow=#8D6A34
 
|lgray=#AFAFAD
 
|white=#E4E4E2
 
}}
 
 
=== Matrix 3===
 
Pallete inspired by matrix movie screen colors.<br>
 
Only, green, light green, blue, light blue, white and black are from the movie, other colors are decided following some pattern related to original DF pallete pattern.<br>
 
This one assumes, R, G or B, are actually not N but N^2.2.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#0E0E0E
 
|dgray=#A7A7A5
 
|blue=#384B89
 
|lblue=#6588BC
 
|green=#8EC58C
 
|lgreen=#B2D8A7
 
|cyan=#4A9EA7
 
|lcyan=#65D8BC
 
|red=#993F77
 
|lred=#D255A3
 
|magenta=#713F77
 
|lmagenta=#9A55A3
 
|brown=#998C77
 
|yellow=#D2C0A3
 
|lgray=#C8C8C6
 
|white=#E4E4E2
 
}}
 
 
=== Matrix 4===
 
Pallete inspired by matrix movie screen colors.<br>
 
Only, green, light green, blue, light blue, white and black are from the movie, other colors are decided following some pattern related to original DF pallete pattern.<br>
 
This one assumes, R, G or B, are actually not N but N^2.2. It also assumes DF dark colors values are not the mid point between DF white and DF light version of the color but take into account N^2.2 too.
 
 
{{color scheme
 
|black=#0E0E0E
 
|dgray=#737372
 
|blue=#384B89
 
|lblue=#6588BC
 
|green=#8EC58C
 
|lgreen=#B2D8A7
 
|cyan=#346D5F
 
|lcyan=#65D8BC
 
|red=#6A2C52
 
|lred=#D255A3
 
|magenta=#4E2C52
 
|lmagenta=#9A55A3
 
|brown=#6A6152
 
|yellow=#D2C0A3
 
|lgray=#ACACAA
 
|white=#E4E4E2
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
{{Category|Interface}}
 
{{Category|Interface}}
 
[[ru:Color scheme]]
 
[[ru:Color scheme]]

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