               (fmt-revbb `(:weight ,bright-bold :slant normal :underline nil  :inverse-video t))
               (fmt-revbbu `(:weight ,bright-bold :slant normal  :underline ,underline :inverse-video t)))
           `((;; basic
-             (default ((t (,@fg-base0 ,@bg-back)))) ; Normal
-             (cursor ((t (,@fg-base03 ,@bg-base0)))) ; Cursor
+             (default ((t (,@fg-base2 ,@bg-back)))) ; Normal @fg-base0 ,@bg-back
+             (cursor ((t (,@fg-base03 ,@bg-base0)))) ; Cursor @fg-base03 ,@bg-base0
              (error ((t (,@fmt-bold ,@fg-red)))) ; Error
              (escape-glyph-face ((t (,@fg-red))))
              (fringe ((t (,@fg-base01 ,@bg-base02))))

;;        hopefully these are closer to the intended colors than the sRGB values
;;        that Emacs seems to dislike
(defvar roc-colors           ; ANSI(ROC terminal)
  ;; name     sRGB      Gen RGB   256       16              8
  '((base03  "#002b36" "#042028" "#1c1c1c" "brightblack"   "black")
    (base02  "#073642" "#0a2832" "#262626" "black"         "black")

    (base1   "#93a1a1" "#81908f" "#8a8a8a" "brightcyan"    "cyan")
    (base2   "#eee8d5" "#e9e2cb" "#e4e4e4" "white"         "white")
    (base3   "#fdf6e3" "#fcf4dc" "#ffffd7" "brightwhite"   "white")
    (yellow  "#daa520" "#a57705" "#af8700" "yellow"        "yellow")
    (orange  "#ffa500" "#bd3612" "#d75f00" "orange"     "red")
    (red     "#dc322f" "#c60007" "#d70000" "red"           "red")
    (magenta "#d33682" "#c61b6e" "#af005f" "magenta"       "magenta")
    (violet  "#6c71c4" "#5859b7" "#5f5faf" "brightmagenta" "magenta")
    (blue    "#268bd2" "#2075c7" "#0087ff" "blue"          "blue")
    (cyan    "#2aa198" "#259185" "#00afaf" "cyan"          "cyan")
    (green   "#00cd00" "#728a05" "#5f8700" "forest green"  "green"))
    ;; (green   "#859900" "#728a05" "#5f8700" "green"         "green")
    ;; (orange  "#cb4b16" "#bd3612" "#d75f00" "brightred"     "red")
    ;; (yellow  "#b58900" "#a57705" "#af8700" "yellow"        "yellow")
  
  "This is a table of all the colors used by the ROC color theme. Each
   column is a different set, one of which will be chosen based on term
   capabilities, etc.")
