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How can I change (insert,delete,rename,…) the list of named colors?

I tried to edit /usr/share/emacs/25.3/lisp/term/tty-colors.el.gz and byte-compile after change, but it had no effect.

Note: I do not want to have another color picker, but change the builtin picker wich shows on list-colors-display or in Customization-context. I could live with an other color picker though, if it'd be very simmilar and also would replace the builtin color picker in every case…

Also I tried to get help on the variable defined-colors with C-h v defined-colors RET, but got no match - does that mean, there is just no help on this variable? Edit: Ok, this is bec. it's a function – but C-h f defined-colors RET also doesn't contain info on where the defined colors are stored and how they might be adjusted.

EDIT1 (after comment by jue): Tried to insert ("testcolor" 35980 65535 0) to tty-colors.el.gz and added "testcolor" at the end of the list x-colors in common-win.el.gz, byte-compiled both and restarted emacs - but still no "Testcolor" entry in *Colors*.

EDIT2 (after 2nd comment by jue): Only file named rgb.txt on my (arch linux) system is /usr/share/emacs/25.3/etc/rgb.txt I inserted 140 255 0 testcolor there (+ EDIT1) - still no entry.

EDIT3 …well maybe my desire to use the builtin color picker isn't very smart – I'll rather look for a color picker, that presents colors in a similar way and isn't bound to some X11 system file. I'll update, when I find something sufficient.

Still feel free to answer this exact question (as I'd love to gather insight to emacs), or suggest a color picker, that presents just a user defined list of colored color value entries.

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    have a look at file common-win.el, there is a list and the function xw-defined-colors which is called by defined-colors. – jue Feb 11 '18 at 22:31
  • ty, but I don't see, how to add i.e. #ff6600 with name "FF6600". The hint in code mentions some `rgb.txt'-file - but I don't have a file named rbg.txt anywere – kai-dj Feb 11 '18 at 22:41
  • With X11 (Unix) colors are defined in /usr/share/X11/rgb.txt.correct path might be slightly different on distributions. – jue Feb 12 '18 at 7:32
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    The above mentioned rgb.txt on my system, is a link and points to /etc/X11/rgb.txt. Emacs list-colors-displayshows less colors than listed in this file. Maybe have another look at comon-win.el or faces.el? Did you restart your X11 server after changes of edit 1 and 2? (I'm also just guessing, though) – jue Feb 12 '18 at 15:42
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    I had a look at Emacs c-source code. Emacs is fetching color values by name, either through GTK or X11 functions. It depends what Emacs you are using. So if you are using GTK-emacs try to define colors within gtk config. GTK version (2 or 3) matters. After this check within emacs with e.g. M-: (xw-color-values "white") for white color. If you see your color RGB values then try to manipulate the x-colors value. (I did not test this, nor do I know how to define colors within GTK, though). Also have a look at M-: (list-colors-display '("black" "DimGrey" "DimGray") nil nil). – jue Feb 12 '18 at 21:49

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