curses-colors.py

import curses
import sys

scr = curses.initscr()
curses.start_color()

print >> sys.stderr, curses.can_change_color()

# init additional 8 colors
for i in xrange(0, 255):
    intesity = (1000*i/255)
    try:
        curses.init_color(i, intesity, 0, 0)
    except:
        print >> sys.stderr, "Failed to init color %d" % i

# init color pairs
for i in xrange(1, 255):
    try:
        curses.init_pair(i, i, 0)
    except:
        print >> sys.stderr, "Failed to initialize pair #%d" % i
        pass

for i in xrange(0, 255):
    try:
        scr.addstr( str(i)+ ' ', curses.color_pair(i) )
    except:
        pass

scr.getch()
curses.endwin()