Apostata's Journal: How to get customised colour fonts in Konsole

So, you want to trick-out Konsole so that no one will ever think you're using a stock Schema, eh?

Well, you'll find you can change all the colours, transparencies, etc., however how one customises the font colour is a bit of a mystery...UNTIL NOW!

1. Customise and save a good schema (albeit without the font colour you want) and save it.

2. Go in your personal directory (~/.kde/share/apps/konsole/) where said schema is saved (let's call it 'me.schema').

3. Open said schema with whatever flavour of text editor you use.

4. Look for the following lines:

# note that the default background color is flagged
# to become transparent when an image is present.

# slot transparent bold
# | red grn blu | |
# V V--color--V V V
color 0 119 123 110 0 0 # 0 - Foreground Colour

This first line ("slot" 0) determines your font colour in Konsole.

5. Using whatever colour-chooser you prefer (KColourChooser, albeit a terribly contrived name, is a good one), find a good colour and simply copy the RGB info to the *.schema file.

6. Save the schema file, and you are now on your way to freedom, riches, and rewarding friendships.