# supports-color [](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/supports-color)
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> Detect whether a terminal supports color
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install supports-color
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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const supportsColor = require('supports-color');
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if (supportsColor.stdout) {
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console.log('Terminal stdout supports color');
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}
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if (supportsColor.stdout.has256) {
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console.log('Terminal stdout supports 256 colors');
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}
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if (supportsColor.stderr.has16m) {
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console.log('Terminal stderr supports 16 million colors (truecolor)');
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}
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```
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## API
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Returns an `Object` with a `stdout` and `stderr` property for testing either streams. Each property is an `Object`, or `false` if color is not supported.
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The `stdout`/`stderr` objects specifies a level of support for color through a `.level` property and a corresponding flag:
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- `.level = 1` and `.hasBasic = true`: Basic color support (16 colors)
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- `.level = 2` and `.has256 = true`: 256 color support
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- `.level = 3` and `.has16m = true`: Truecolor support (16 million colors)
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## Info
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It obeys the `--color` and `--no-color` CLI flags.
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Can be overridden by the user with the flags `--color` and `--no-color`. For situations where using `--color` is not possible, add the environment variable `FORCE_COLOR=1` to forcefully enable color or `FORCE_COLOR=0` to forcefully disable. The use of `FORCE_COLOR` overrides all other color support checks.
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Explicit 256/Truecolor mode can be enabled using the `--color=256` and `--color=16m` flags, respectively.
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## Related
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- [supports-color-cli](https://github.com/chalk/supports-color-cli) - CLI for this module
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- [chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk) - Terminal string styling done right
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## Maintainers
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- [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus)
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- [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-)
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## License
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MIT
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