Thanks to our ability to run Linux apps and scripts using our new Bash on Ubuntu on Windows environment atop the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), we can use some Linux scripts and tools to demonstrate the Console’s new 24-bit color support:
This is actually a little tricky to demo since most Windows apps only support 16 colors at most whereas the Linux world has broadly supported 256 color terminals for a while now, and 24-bit color is becoming more established.
We’ve updated the Windows Console to support full, glorious 24-bit RGB true color! We love nothing more than to deliver features you ask for!īut rather than just add a few more colors, or limit our console to a mere 256 colors, in Windows 10 Insiders Build #14931, One of the most frequent requests we receive is to increase the number of colors that the Windows Console can support.
