Nice 256 color palette

256color.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# vim : set filetypeencoding=utf8

fStrings=[]
bStrings=[]

def line(a, b, c):
  if c == 0: return ' '.join(fStrings[a:b])
  elif c == 1: return ' '.join(bStrings[a:b])

def combo(a, b):
  print line(a, b, 0) + ' ' + line(a, b, 1)

def table(num):
  x = num
  while x < num + 35:
    combo(x, x + 6)
    x = x + 6
  print

for i in range( 0, 256):
  n = str(i)
  col = '\033[38;5;' + n + 'm'
  fgstr = col + n + ' '
  bgstr = col + '███ '
  fStrings.append(fgstr + '\033[0m')
  bStrings.append(bgstr + '\033[0m')
  
for i in range( 0, 10):
  fStrings[i] = ' ' + fStrings[i]

for x in ( 0, 8):
  combo(x, x + 8)

for i in range( 10, 100):
  fStrings[i] = ' ' + fStrings[i]

print

for x in ( 16, 52, 88, 124, 160, 196):
  table(x)

for x, y in (( 232, 240), ( 240, 248), ( 248, 256)):
  combo(x, y)