Bug#743650: looks like a terminal config problem to me

[Axel Scheepers <axel.scheepers76@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:50:23 +0100 Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> wrote:
> It's not a text program's duty to choose the exact shades, it's the terminal
> that's supposed to provide something readable.  And for the 16 basic colors,
> all of them are supposed to be readable against the default background.
...
> If you want them to be readable against white, you need to adjust them -- or
> preferably, have the terminal provide reasonable defaults if you choose a
> reversed color scheme.

I think the proper way to have 16 color support is to use the
'background' colors for output but in bold, so the darker version. On
terminals with a black background there should be a setting to have
these bold colors shown as the bright variants. This way the color is
supported on both backgrounds and one can still use a back and
foreground combination from the darker and brighter colors for e.g.
status bars etc.

Kind regards,
Axel