term.getTextColour

term.getTextColour; Function
	Syntax; term.getTextColour()
Returns	number colour
API	term
Source	CC:Tweaked (source)

Returns the numerical value of the current text colour of the terminal object.

ExampleGet text colour

Prints the numerical value of the current term's text colour.

Code

<nowiki>
print(term.getTextColour())
  </nowiki>

Output

ExampleGet text colour name

Gets the current term's text colour, and then matches it against a lookup table to get its name.

Code

<nowiki>
local lookup = { 
    [1] = "white", [2] = "orange", [4] = "magenta", [8] = "lightBlue", 
    [16] = "yellow", [32] = "lime", [64] = "pink", [128] = "gray", 
    [256] = "lightGray",  [512] = "cyan", [1024] = "purple", [2048] = "blue", 
    [4096] = "brown",  [8192] = "green", [16384] = "red", [32768] = "black" 
}
local colour = term.getTextColour()
print(lookup[colour])
  </nowiki>

Output

white

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