'This made me wonder – if blue is colour number 5, who decides what hex color that should correspond to? The answer seems to be “there’s no standard, terminal

'This made me wonder – if blue is colour number 5, who decides what hex color that should correspond to? The answer seems to be “there’s no standard, terminal emulators just choose colours and it’s not very consistent” ' That doesn't surprise me. What surprises me, is that there are people who apparently think that choosing a RGB value other than 0,0,0 for black would be a good idea. A lot of money is being spent to increase contrast and they are simply throwing it away (not to mention the wasted power on e.g. OLED devices).