PuTTY Color Configuration
Defining custom color schemes in the PuTTY configuration.
Learn how to customize your terminal’s appearance by modifying the PuTTY configuration color values.
Export Default Configuration File
Follow these instructions to export your PuTTY configuration file.
Color Labels
In the .reg file of a saved session configuration, the colors can be found in the section of text where lines are in the following format:
"Colour#"="#,#,#".
Note that # of Colour# does not correspond with normal ANSI colors, i.e. 0 = black, 1 = red, etc. The meaning of the color labels are listed in the table below.
| Label | Color |
|---|---|
Colour0 |
Foreground |
Colour1 |
Bright Foreground |
Colour2 |
Background |
Colour3 |
Bright Background |
Colour4 |
Cursor Foreground |
Colour5 |
Cursor Background |
Colour6 |
Black |
Colour7 |
Bright Black |
Colour8 |
Red |
Colour9 |
Bright Red |
Colour10 |
Green |
Colour11 |
Bright Green |
Colour12 |
Yellow |
Colour13 |
Bright Yellow |
Colour14 |
Blue |
Colour15 |
Bright Blue |
Colour16 |
Magenta |
Colour17 |
Bright Magenta |
Colour18 |
Cyan |
Colour19 |
Bright Cyan |
Colour20 |
White |
Colour21 |
Bright White |
Sample Color Theme Section
Note: Whitespace is permitted in the configuration file.
"Colour0" ="187, 187, 187"
"Colour1" ="255, 255, 255"
"Colour2" =" 28, 28, 28"
"Colour3" =" 95, 95, 95"
"Colour4" =" 12, 12, 12"
"Colour5" ="255, 135, 95"
"Colour6" =" 18, 18, 18"
"Colour7" =" 48, 48, 48"
"Colour8" ="215, 95, 135"
"Colour9" ="255, 95, 135"
"Colour10"="135, 215, 95"
"Colour11"="135, 255, 95"
"Colour12"="255, 135, 95"
"Colour13"="215, 215, 95"
"Colour14"=" 95, 135, 215"
"Colour15"=" 95, 135, 255"
"Colour16"="175, 95, 215"
"Colour17"="175, 95, 255"
"Colour18"=" 95, 175, 215"
"Colour19"=" 95, 175, 255"
"Colour20"="215, 215, 215"
"Colour21"="255, 255, 255"Import Configuration File
Follow these instructions to import your modified PuTTY configuration file.