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@@ -850,6 +850,10 @@ accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
doesn't matter.
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+Colors (foreground and background) may also be given as numbers between
+0 and 255; these use ANSI 256-color mode (but note that not all
+terminals may support this).
color.diff::
Whether to use ANSI escape sequences to add color to patches.