# Plan 9 Color Scheme Reference

## The Iconic Colors (Acme/Rio UI)

| Element              | Hex       | Description          |
|----------------------|-----------|----------------------|
| Acme body bg         | `#ffffea` | The famous cream     |
| Acme tag bg          | `#eaffff` | Pale blue-green      |
| Text                 | `#000000` | Black                |
| Selected (body)      | `#eeee9e` | Dark yellow          |
| Selected (tag)       | `#9eeeee` | Pale grey-green      |
| Body border          | `#99994c` | Yellow-green         |
| Tag border           | `#8888cc` | Purple-blue          |

## Full draw.h Palette (plan9port/include/draw.h)

All values originally 0xRRGGBBFF in source.

| Name              | Hex       |
|-------------------|-----------|
| DBlack            | `#000000` |
| DWhite            | `#ffffff` |
| DRed              | `#ff0000` |
| DGreen            | `#00ff00` |
| DBlue             | `#0000ff` |
| DCyan             | `#00ffff` |
| DMagenta          | `#ff00ff` |
| DYellow           | `#ffff00` |
| DPaleyellow       | `#ffffaa` |
| DDarkyellow       | `#eeee9e` |
| DDarkgreen        | `#448844` |
| DPalegreen        | `#aaffaa` |
| DMedgreen         | `#88cc88` |
| DDarkblue         | `#000055` |
| DPalebluegreen    | `#aaffff` |
| DPaleblue         | `#0000bb` |
| DBluegreen        | `#008888` |
| DGreygreen        | `#55aaaa` |
| DPalegreygreen    | `#9eeeee` |
| DYellowgreen      | `#99994c` |
| DMedblue          | `#000099` |
| DGreyblue         | `#005dbb` |
| DPalegreyblue     | `#4993dd` |
| DPurpleblue       | `#8888cc` |

## Lospec 23-Color Simplified Palette

```
#ffffff  #ffeaff  #cc88cc  #884488
#eaffff  #88cccc  #448888  #eaeaff
#8888cc  #444488  #eaffea  #88cc88
#448844  #ffffea  #cccc88  #888844
#ffeaea  #cc8888  #884444  #eaeaea
#cccccc  #888888  #000000
```

## Design Philosophy

Rob Pike chose pale colors because "these systems were going to be looked at all day" (Edward Tufte influence). Acme uses yellow (#ffffea) for text bodies and blue (#eaffff) for tag bars to create visual separation.

## Widget Programs (from the gif)

### faces
Mail notification strip. Shows 48x48 portrait icons for recent mail senders. Reads from /mail/fs/mbox/ and displays faces from /lib/face/. Part of base Plan 9 and plan9port.

### stats
Real-time system monitor. Shows graphs of CPU, memory, network, etc. Can monitor multiple machines simultaneously. Part of base Plan 9 and plan9port.