Conky Tips and Tricks

[Sector11]

Teo's Scripts in a nutshell

Teo's scripts use 4 different weather sites

Some for USA users, others for International Users

Accuweather's pages are different for US and International users.  Which strikes me as halarious because for me The USA has always held "International" status.  Yea yea, I know Accuweather is a US site!

However, to continue

1a)Accuweather - INTERNATIONAL USERS -  conditions: font
1a)Accuweather - ALL USERS -  conditions: font

• Now
• Today forecast
• Tonight forecast
• 9 extra days

1b)Accuweather - USA USERS - conditions: font defunct

• Today
  
• Tomorrow
  
• 3 extra days
  
  1c)Accuweather RSS - All users - conditions: font
  
• Current
• Today's forecast (by date)
• Tomorrow's Forecast (by date)

1d1)Accuweather - Images - INTERNATIONAL USERS - conditions: images

• Now
• Today Forecast
• Tonight Forecast
• 9 extra days

1d1.1)Accuweather - Images - INTERNATIONAL USERS_Hourly_Forecast

• Weather for the next 16 hours

1d2)Accuweather - ConkyWeather font - INTERNATIONAL USERS

• Now
• Today Forecast
• Tonight Forecast
• 9 extra days
• The difference between 1a) and 1d2) - 1a has a "C" version (language) - apparently faster - I have not tried it.

1e)Accuweather - Images - USA USERS

• Now
• Today Forecast
• Tonight Forecast
• 9 extra days

2)WUnderground ICAL - International users - conditions: font

• day - night forecasts for 7 days

NWS XML - USA users - NOAA Weather Service - conditions: images (Opinion alert: YUK on those images)

• day - night forecasts for 7 days

Weather.com conky script - all users - conditions: images

• Now
• Today's FULL forecast
  
• Tonight's FULL forecast
  
• 10 extra days
• has a C version of the scripts included.

The differences in images between Accuweather and Weather·com

• Accuweather uses rectangular images - a little more difficult to "space" them[/*]
  
• Weather·com used square images and are better looking (Opinion alert)

In the directory for each of Teo's scripts you'll see a couple of PDF files.

If you look at, for example: 1d1_Output_of_the_script.pdf you will see numbers on the left.

1, 2, 3, 4 etc

those are the 1p, 2p, 3p, 4p etc in the conky commands:

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↑ ${execi 600 sed -n '19p' /media/5/Conky/accuweather_conky/tod_ton}°
if you look at "tod_ton" you will see 19 is a number ... in representing the high temperature

Sorry about that Jed ...
I need a coffee!

Love what you are doing!!!  You and VastOne have the space for larger fonts, that makes a BIG difference.

Opinion: Since pictures speak a thousand words, I don't use text for the conditions.

For a few reasons really:

• Now - look at the image/font - look outside
  
• Forecasts change by the hour at times, a scientifically configured guess:
  
  
• Monday it says Rain on Friday
• Tuesday it says Cloudy for Friday
• Wednesday it says Sunny for Friday
• 4 or more days away - a scientifically configured wild hunch
  
  If every job in the world allowed for that kind of accuracy ... can you imaging the chaos!

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Teo's scripts suck!!!

[lwfitz]

Teo's scripts suck!!!

HAHA! From the man himself!

[jedi]

Teo's scripts suck!!!

No way they suck!  Awesome weather scripts Teo!!!!

[VastOne]

@ Teo

Well done mate!   

[Sector11]

See I have to agree with Teo!  In fact there is no doubt in my mine they suck!

They suck the weather info right outta the web and splatter all over your conky ... kinda like cod liver oil and .... What's that?

Coffee's ready ...

... coming

... Bye!

[TeoBigusGeekus]

Hi everyone! Thanks for the honour Sector11.

[Sector11]

No Teo, the honour is mine!

Your scripts:

• light on resources
• very easy to configure
• super PDF documentation, and last but not least
• 4 different sites

Not all scripts can say that!

[Sector11]

Yesterday I helped folti over on the Ubuntu forums with two conkys he wanted to merge. One as he describe it is an:htc-like weather report that used conkyForecast.  The post if you care to see the original codes.  OPINION ALERT! The code is .. ummm .. less than good  So, since I had an I'm in, I'm out, I'm in, I'm out, kinda day I worked on it ... below is the result of what I did.

I think it's pretty nice that conkyForecast is still working despite what one person said about all of kaivalagi's scripts, and specifically referring to conkyForecast, "having had their day, are now dead"

After doing that, I though I'll one of Teo's scripts to do the same.  Doruletz beat me to it.  I think the clock is popular!

when merged, without arguments for weather report, conkyrc looks like this:

It is something that can be done ... but spacing (width) needs working on.

I have to go out now ... will come up with a better solution later.

                      conky In progress:                EDIT! the finished conky
                                 

One change I made was to put the cpugraph over the "Total CPU" bar, that why it has a white border.  The graph is red the bar is blue.
The same can be done for the CPU bars 1 and 2, maker a graph for them in the same way.

If you don't like it change:

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Total CPU:
 ${cpu cpu0}%${goto 40}${color 597DB2}${cpubar cpu0}${color}${goto 40}${cpugraph cpu0 -t 20,210 FF0000 FFFF33}to

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Total CPU:
 ${cpu cpu0}%${goto 40}${color 597DB2}${cpubar cpu0}${color}
${goto 40}${cpugraph cpu0 -t 20,210 FF0000 FFFF33}

The conky: Note the path that will need changing:
/media/5/conky/folti/folti_m.conky

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# killall conky && conky -c /media/5/conky/folti/folti_m.conky &
###  Begin Window Settings  ##################################################
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_class Conky
own_window_title folti

# Use the Xdbe extension? (eliminates flicker)
# It is highly recommended to use own window with this one
# so double buffer won't be so big.
double_buffer yes

### ARGB can be used for real transparency
### NOTE that a composite manager is required for real transparency.
### This option will not work as desired (in most cases) in conjunction with
### own_window_type override
# own_window_argb_visual yes

### When ARGB visuals are enabled, this use this to modify the alpha value
### Use: own_window_type normal
### Use: own_window_transparent no
### Valid range is 0-255, where 0 is 0% opacity, and 255 is 100% opacity.
#own_window_argb_value 150

#minimum_size 270 0 ## width, height
#maximum_width 270 ## width

minimum_size 250 0 #310 700 #310 ## width, height
maximum_width 250 #310 ## width

gap_x 10 ### left &right
gap_y 10 ### up & down

alignment tr
####################################################  End Window Settings  ###
###  Font Settings  ##########################################################
# Use Xft (anti-aliased font and stuff)
use_xft yes
xftfont monofur:bold:size=12
#xftfont Helvetica LT Std:size=8
#xftfont WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono:size=8

# Alpha of Xft font. Must be a value at or between 1 and 0 ###
xftalpha 1
# Force UTF8? requires XFT ###
override_utf8_locale yes

draw_shades no #### To see it easier on light screens.
#default_shade_color black

draw_outline no #### Amplifies text if yes
default_outline_color black

uppercase no
######################################################  End Font Settings  ###
###  Color Settings  #########################################################
default_shade_color gray
default_outline_color black

default_color DCDCDC #Gainsboro
color0 ffe595 #Teo Gold
color1 778899 #LightSlateGrey
color2 FF8C00 #Darkorange
color3 7FFF00 #Chartreuse
color4 FFA07A #LightSalmon
color5 FFDEAD #NavajoWhite
color6 00BFFF #DeepSkyBlue
color7 00FFFF #Cyan #48D1CC #MediumTurquoise
color8 FFFF00 #Yellow
color9 FF0000 #Red  #A52A2A #DarkRed
#####################################################  End Color Settings  ###
###  Borders Section  ########################################################
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 0
# border margins
border_inner_margin 5
border_outer_margin 0
# border width
border_width 0
# graph borders
draw_graph_borders yes #no
#####################################################  End Borders Secton  ###
###  Miscellaneous Section  ##################################################

# Boolean value, if true, Conky will be forked to background when started.
background no

# Adds spaces around certain objects to stop them from moving other things
# around, this only helps if you are using a mono font
# Options: right, left or none
use_spacer none

# Default and Minimum size is 256 - needs more for single commands that
# "call" a lot of text IE: bash scripts
text_buffer_size 2048

# Subtract (file system) buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# change GiB to G and MiB to M
short_units yes

# Like it says, ot pads the decimals on % values
# doesn't seem to work since v1.7.1
pad_percents 2

#   Maximum size of user text buffer, i.e. layout below TEXT line in config file
#  (default is 16384 bytes)
# max_user_text 16384

## default bar size
default_bar_size 210 20

## Specify a default width and height for graphs.
## Example: 'default_graph_size 0 25'. This is particularly useful for execgraph
## and execigraph as they do not take size arguments
## default_graph_size 220 100

top_name_width 8
short_units yes
pad_percents 2

##############################################  End Miscellaneous Section  ###
###  LUA Settings  ###########################################################
## Above and After TEXT - requires a composite manager or blinks.
##
# lua_load /media/5/Conky/LUA/dra2w-bg.lua
#TEXT
#${lua conky_draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.6}
#
## ${lua conky_draw_bg corner_radius x_position y_position width height color alpha}
##
## OR Both above TEXT (No composite manager required - no blinking!)
#
#lua_load /media/5/Conky/LUA/draw-bg.lua
#lua_draw_hook_pre draw_bg 10 0 0 0 0 0x000000 0.5

#digiThe all important - How often conky refreshes.
# If you have a "Crey" try: 0.2 - smokin' - but watch the CPU useage go UP!
update_interval 1 # in seconds

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
${voffset 30}${font Helvetica LT Std:style=Condensed:size=60}${color 434343}${goto 40}${time %H}${goto 145}${color 434343}${time %M}${font Helvetica LT Std Condensed:size=15}${color 808080}${goto 230}${time %S}
${voffset 55}${color whitesmoke}${font Helvetica LT Std:size=8}${alignc}${time %A},${time %e} ${time %B} ${time %G}\
${image /media/5/conky/folti/images/base.png -p 12,30 -s 238x140}\
${image /media/5/conky/folti/images/base.png -p 12,190 -s 238x40}\
${image /media/5/conky/folti/images/flip_bg.png -p 30,10 -s 100x110}\
${image /media/5/conky/folti/images/flip_bg.png -p 130,10 -s 100x110}\
${execpi 1800 conkyForecast --location=HRXX0005 --template=/media/5/conky/folti/vreme.template}



${color CC9900}SYSTEM ${color}${sysname} on ${machine} ${color CC9900}${hr 2}
${color}${nodename}    ${kernel}

${color CC9900}CPU ${hr 2}${color}
  AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Socket 939
  X2 Dual Core CPU 4200+

Total CPU:
 ${cpu cpu0}%${goto 40}${color 597DB2}${cpubar cpu0}${color}${goto 40}${cpugraph cpu0 -t 20,210 FF0000 FFFF33}
Core 1: ${freq 1} MHz        Temprature: ${color} ${exec sensors|grep 'Core0'|awk '{print $3}'}
 ${cpu cpu1}%${goto 40}${color 597DB2}${cpubar cpu1}${color}
Core 2: ${freq 2} MHz        Temprature: ${color} ${exec sensors|grep 'Core1'|awk '{print $3}'}
 ${cpu cpu2}%${goto 40}${color 597DB2}${cpubar cpu2}${color}

NAME${goto 90}PID${goto 150}CPU%${goto 215}MEM%
${color CCFFFF}${top name 1}${goto 90}${top pid 1}${goto 150}${top cpu 1}${goto 215}${top mem 1}
${top name 2}${goto 90}${top pid 2}${goto 150}${top cpu 2}${goto 215}${top mem 2}
${top name 3}${goto 90}${top pid 3}${goto 150}${top cpu 3}${goto 215}${top mem 3}
${top name 4}${goto 90}${top pid 4}${goto 150}${top cpu 4}${goto 215}${top mem 4}${color}

${color CC9900}MEMORY ${hr 2}${color}
RAM Used: ${mem}${goto 120}RAM Free: ${memfree}/ ${memmax}
 RAM: ${memperc}%${goto 75}${color FF6600}${membar 6,175}${color}
Swap: ${swapperc}%${goto 75}${color FF6600}${swapbar 6,175}${color}

${color CC9900}DISK ${hr 2}${color}
sdc5 ${fs_type} (Root): ${fs_free_perc /}%${goto 132}${color FFFF33}${fs_bar 6,118 /}${color}
sdc1 NTFS (Data): ${fs_free_perc /media/data}%${goto 132}${color FFFF33}${fs_bar 6,118 /media/data}${color}

${color CC9900}NETWORK (${addr eth1}) ${hr 2}${color}
Down: ${color}${downspeed eth1} k/s ${alignr 10}Up: ${upspeed eth1} k/s
${downspeedgraph eth1 25,100 000000 ff0000}${alignr 10}${upspeedgraph eth1
25,100 000000 00ff00}${color}
Total: ${totaldown eth1}${alignr 10}Total: ${totalup eth1}
Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count}${goto 105}Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768 61000 count}${alignr 10}Total: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}
${color CC9900}LOGGING ${hr 2}${color}
${color 339900}${execi 30 tail -n3 /var/log/messages | fold -s -w48}${color}
And the /media/5/conky/folti/vreme.template - path will need changing as well:

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${voffset -45}${goto 22}${font Helvetica LT Std:size=8}${color 909090}[--datatype=CN]
${font Helvetica LT Std:size=8}${color whitesmoke}${goto 24}[--datatype=CT]${voffset -10}${goto 200}${font Helvetica LT Std:size=25}${color d4d4d4}[--datatype=HT --hideunits]${font}




${font Helvetica LT Std:size=8}${color white}${goto 25}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --startday=1]/${color 707070}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --startday=1]${color white}${goto 70}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --startday=2]/${color 707070}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --startday=2]${color white}${goto 115}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --startday=3]/${color 707070}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --startday=3]${color white}${goto 160}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --startday=4]/${color 707070}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --startday=4]
${color 707070}${goto 25}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=1]${color 707070}${goto 70}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=2]${color 707070}${goto 115}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=3]${color 707070}${goto 160}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=4]
${voffset -10}${color 707070}${goto 205}[--datatype=DW --shortweekday --startday=5]
${voffset -23}${color white}${goto 205}[--datatype=HT --hideunits --startday=5]/${color 707070}[--datatype=LT --hideunits --startday=5]${image [--datatype=WI] -p 80,70 -s 113x113}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=1] -p 20,175 -s 43x43}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=2] -p 65,175 -s 43x43}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=3] -p 113,175 -s 43x43}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=4] -p 158,175 -s 43x43}${image [--datatype=WI --startday=5] -p 200,175 -s 43x43}

[lwfitz]

    BEAUTIFUL!

I love when theres more code to ste........... do research with 

[jedi]

IMO, kaivalagi's conkyForecast will hopefully never die.  Whoever said that wasn't thinking it through.  All the different weather scripts out there are good for different groups and skill levels of users!  I learned a lot with conkyForecast, and still switch back and forth between the different scripts available for weather.  ATM I'm using arclance's weather, but tomorrow, it may be back to conkyForecast, or Teo's for that matter.  Or mrpeachy's v9000 which is also exemplary!  Long live conkyForecast!!!

[Sector11]

IMO, kaivalagi's conkyForecast will hopefully never die.  Whoever said that wasn't thinking it through.

The guy that said that is not around anymore due to his "bad attitude".  And you are right. There are a lot more scripts out there than we know.  They come in forms that are simple to use up to the you need a Master Degree in Programming to do anything with them.

conkyForecast is like a third hand for me, I've used it since the beginning.
Teo's scripts are easy to use and there are various sites you can use.
mrperachy's v9000 require a bit more thinking but once done looks a lot like conkyForecast

I'll bet I could take my current conky with mrpeachy's v9000 script and make one very similar with Teo's script and in my sleep do one for conkyForecast.

The beauty of cF is it's use of a template - one "execpi" hets it all, v9000 does the same, but Teo's require a call for each but of info ... it is however reading from the HDD as it gets everything from the net with one call, set's it up and then reads from local files.  VERY light on resources as well.

cF in a terminal ---- I love it:

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Today Fri, 18 Jan 2013                  Today Continues
----------------------------------      ----------------------------------
C 26°   ± 28°   Hum 78%  CoR 0%         H N/A   L 17°   SR 06:00 SS 20:08
Clear                                   Bar 1014.9mb steady     Day 14:08

Sat, 19 Jan 2013                        Sun, 20 Jan 2013
----------------------------------      ----------------------------------
H 27°   L 16°   Hum 55%  CoR 0%         H 27°   L 19°   Hum 53%  CoR 0%
Partly Cloudy                           Partly Cloudy

Mon, 21 Jan 2013                        Tue, 22 Jan 2013
----------------------------------      ----------------------------------
H 28°   L 21°   Hum 53%  CoR  0%        H 29°   L 21°   Hum 53%  CoR 0%
Fair                                    Partly Cloudy

Wed, 23 Jan 2013                        Thu, 24 Jan 2013
----------------------------------      ----------------------------------
H 32°   L 23°   Hum 50%  CoR  0%        H 33°   L 21°   Hum 53%  CoR 60%
Partly Cloudy                           Scattered Thunderstorms



 sector11 @ sector11
 18 Jan 13 | 15:26:18 ~
         $
I know I know, I mentioned it before but it's just so neat

[jedi]

Yeah, I agree, the terminal forecast is pretty sweet.

[Sector11]

Sometime I have to run it twice because it's just a bit faster then my connection. 

[Sector11]

Anyone that has used conky for a while, or even once, knows there are various conky commands that use colours.  The start is found above text where we can define various defaults - if we choose - they are all optional.

Above TEXT:
colorN
    Predefine a color for use inside TEXT segments. Substitute N by a digit between 0 and 9, inclusively. When specifying the color value in hex, omit the leading hash (#).

default_color
    Default color and border color

default_outline_color
    Default outline color

default_shade_color
    Default shading color and border's shading color
NOTE: See that "omit the leading hash (#)" with colorN, it's only mentioned there, however it should be applied throughout your conky.

An example from one of my conkys:

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###  Color Settings  #########################################################
draw_shades no
default_shade_color 000000 #  0   0   0   Black
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
default_outline_color 000000 #  0   0   0   Black

default_color DCDCDC #220 220 220   Gainsboro
color0 8FBC8F #143 188 143   DarkSeaGreen
color1 778899 #119 136 153   LightSlateGray
color2 FF8C00 #255 140   0   DarkOrangeh
color3 7FFF00 #127 255   0   Chartreuse
color4 FFA07A #255 160 122   LightSalmon
color5 FFDEAD #255 222 173   NavajoWhite
color6 00BFFF #  0 191 255   DeepSkyBlue
color7 00FFFF #  0 255 255   Cyan
color8 FFFF00 #255 255   0   Yellow
color9 FF0000 #255   0   0   Red
#####################################################  End Color Settings  ###

One can also use the colour names - ie:

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color5 NavajoWhite
color6 DeepSkyBlue

There is one more in the own_window section:

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own_window_colour grayNOTE: the British English spelling. This is the ONLY place where colour is spelled with British spelling (I'm a Canuck, we use it as well.)


Below TEXT
The color command to use in it's various forms is:

${color}

• use this for whatever colour is used the most in your conky
• The above is just a tip - but isn't all of this
• to get the default colour in your conky as defined above TEXT
• it's also use to "turn colour off"

${colorN}

• the fast way to get any of 10 predefined colours configured above TEXT

${color colorname}

• the use of colour names

${color xxxxxx}

• the command with the six digit/character HEX CODE

Where does one find these codes and names.  Most colour pickers have them, like "color2", the colour chooser in geany is almost the same but no drop down list.

color2	geany

Then there is my favourite - a text file: Web_Safe_Colours.txt

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Hex       Decimal        142 colours
code      code           HTML name

    Red colors
CD5C5C    205  92  92    IndianRed
F08080    240 128 128    LightCoral
FA8072    250 128 114    Salmon
E9967A    233 150 122    DarkSalmon
FFA07A    255 160 122    LightSalmon
DC143C    220  20  60    Crimson
FF0000    255   0   0    Red
B22222    178  34  34    FireBrick
8B0000    139   0   0    DarkRed

    Pink colors
FFC0CB    255 192 203    Pink
FFB6C1    255 182 193    LightPink
FF69B4    255 105 180    HotPink
FF1493    255  20 147    DeepPink
C71585    199  21 133    MediumVioletRed
DB7093    219 112 147    PaleVioletRed

    Orange colors
FFA07A    255 160 122    LightSalmon
FF7F50    255 127  80    Coral
FF6347    255  99  71    Tomato
FF4500    255  69   0    OrangeRed
FF8C00    255 140   0    DarkOrange
FFA500    255 165   0    Orange

    Yellow colors
FFD700    255 215   0    Gold
FFFF00    255 255   0    Yellow
FFFFE0    255 255 224    LightYellow
FFFACD    255 250 205    LemonChiffon
FAFAD2    250 250 210    LightGoldenrodYellow
FFEFD5    255 239 213    PapayaWhip
FFE4B5    255 228 181    Moccasin
FFDAB9    255 218 185    PeachPuff
EEE8AA    238 232 170    PaleGoldenrod
F0E68C    240 230 140    Khaki
BDB76B    189 183 107    DarkKhaki

    Purple colors
E6E6FA    230 230 250    Lavender
D8BFD8    216 191 216    Thistle
DDA0DD    221 160 221    Plum
EE82EE    238 130 238    Violet
DA70D6    218 112 214    Orchid
FF00FF    255   0 255    Fuchsia
FF00FF    255   0 255    Magenta
BA55D3    186  85 211    MediumOrchid
9370DB    147 112 219    MediumPurple
8A2BE2    138  43 226    BlueViolet
9400D3    148   0 211    DarkViolet
9932CC    153  50 204    DarkOrchid
8B008B    139   0 139    DarkMagenta
800080    128   0 128    Purple
4B0082     75   0 130    Indigo
6A5ACD    106  90 205    SlateBlue
483D8B     72  61 139    DarkSlateBlue
7B68EE    123 104 238    MediumSlateBlue

    Green colors
ADFF2F    173 255  47    GreenYellow
7FFF00    127 255   0    Chartreuse
7CFC00    124 252   0    LawnGreen
00FF00      0 255   0    Lime
32CD32     50 205  50    LimeGreen
98FB98    152 251 152    PaleGreen
90EE90    144 238 144    LightGreen
00FA9A      0 250 154    MediumSpringGreen
00FF7F      0 255 127    SpringGreen
3CB371     60 179 113    MediumSeaGreen
2E8B57     46 139  87    SeaGreen
228B22     34 139  34    ForestGreen
008000      0 128   0    Green
006400      0 100   0    DarkGreen
9ACD32    154 205  50    YellowGreen
6B8E23    107 142  35    OliveDrab
808000    128 128   0    Olive
556B2F     85 107  47    DarkOliveGreen
66CDAA    102 205 170    MediumAquamarine
8FBC8F    143 188 143    DarkSeaGreen
20B2AA     32 178 170    LightSeaGreen
008B8B      0 139 139    DarkCyan
008080      0 128 128    Teal

    Blue/Cyan colors
00FFFF      0 255 255    Aqua
00FFFF      0 255 255    Cyan
E0FFFF    224 255 255    LightCyan
AFEEEE    175 238 238    PaleTurquoise
7FFFD4    127 255 212    Aquamarine
40E0D0     64 224 208    Turquoise
48D1CC     72 209 204    MediumTurquoise
00CED1      0 206 209    DarkTurquoise
5F9EA0     95 158 160    CadetBlue
4682B4     70 130 180    SteelBlue
B0C4DE    176 196 222    LightSteelBlue
B0E0E6    176 224 230    PowderBlue
ADD8E6    173 216 230    LightBlue
87CEEB    135 206 235    SkyBlue
87CEFA    135 206 250    LightSkyBlue
00BFFF      0 191 255    DeepSkyBlue
1E90FF     30 144 255    DodgerBlue
6495ED    100 149 237    CornflowerBlue
7B68EE    123 104 238    MediumSlateBlue
4169E1     65 105 225    RoyalBlue
0000FF      0   0 255    Blue
0000CD      0   0 205    MediumBlue
00008B      0   0 139    DarkBlue
000080      0   0 128    Navy
191970     25  25 112    MidnightBlue

    Brown colors
FFF8DC    255 248 220    Cornsilk
FFEBCD    255 235 205    BlanchedAlmond
FFE4C4    255 228 196    Bisque
FFDEAD    255 222 173    NavajoWhite
F5DEB3    245 222 179    Wheat
DEB887    222 184 135    BurlyWood
D2B48C    210 180 140    Tan
BC8F8F    188 143 143    RosyBrown
F4A460    244 164  96    SandyBrown
DAA520    218 165  32    Goldenrod
B8860B    184 134  11    DarkGoldenrod
CD853F    205 133  63    Peru
D2691E    210 105  30    Chocolate
8B4513    139  69  19    SaddleBrown
A0522D    160  82  45    Sienna
A52A2A    165  42  42    Brown
800000    128   0   0    Maroon

    White colors
FFFFFF    255 255 255    White
FFFAFA    255 250 250    Snow
F0FFF0    240 255 240    Honeydew
F5FFFA    245 255 250    MintCream
F0FFFF    240 255 255    Azure
F0F8FF    240 248 255    AliceBlue
F8F8FF    248 248 255    GhostWhite
F5F5F5    245 245 245    WhiteSmoke
FFF5EE    255 245 238    Seashell
F5F5DC    245 245 220    Beige
FDF5E6    253 245 230    OldLace
FFFAF0    255 250 240    FloralWhite
FFFFF0    255 255 240    Ivory
FAEBD7    250 235 215    AntiqueWhite
FAF0E6    250 240 230    Linen
FFF0F5    255 240 245    LavenderBlush
FFE4E1    255 228 225    MistyRose

    Gray colors
DCDCDC    220 220 220    Gainsboro
D3D3D3    211 211 211    LightGrey
C0C0C0    192 192 192    Silver
A9A9A9    169 169 169    DarkGray
808080    128 128 128    Gray
696969    105 105 105    DimGray
778899    119 136 153    LightSlateGray
708090    112 128 144    SlateGray
2F4F4F     47  79  79    DarkSlateGray
000000      0   0   0    Black
Or if you prefer alpha-sorted by name:

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aliceblue             #F0F8FF
antiquewhite          #FAEBD7
aqua                  #00FFFF
aquamarine            #7FFFD4
azure                 #F0FFFF
beige                 #F5F5DC
bisque                #FFE4C4
black                 #000000
blanchedalmond        #FFEBCD
blue                  #0000FF
blueviolet            #8A2BE2
brown                 #A52A2A
burlywood             #DEB887
cadetblue             #5F9EA0
chartreuse            #7FFF00
chocolate             #D2691E
coral                 #FF7F50
cornflowerblue        #6495ED
cornsilk              #FFF8DC
crimson               #DC143C
cyan                  #00FFFF
darkblue              #00008B
darkcyan              #008B8B
darkgoldenrod         #B8860B
darkgray              #A9A9A9
darkgreen             #006400
darkgrey              #A9A9A9
darkkhaki             #BDB76B
darkmagenta           #8B008B
darkolivegreen        #556B2F
darkorange            #FF8C00
darkorchid            #9932CC
darkred               #8B0000
darksalmon            #E9967A
darkseagreen          #8FBC8F
darkslateblue         #483D8B
darkslategray         #2F4F4F
darkslategrey         #2F4F4F
darkturquoise         #00CED1
darkviolet            #9400D3
deeppink              #FF1493
deepskyblue           #00BFFF
dimgray               #696969
dimgrey               #696969
dodgerblue            #1E90FF
firebrick             #B22222
floralwhite           #FFFAF0
forestgreen           #228B22
fuchsia               #FF00FF
gainsboro             #DCDCDC
ghostwhite            #F8F8FF
goldenrod             #DAA520
gold                  #FFD700
gray                  #808080
green                 #008000
greenyellow           #ADFF2F
grey                  #808080
honeydew              #F0FFF0
hotpink               #FF69B4
indianred             #CD5C5C
indigo                #4B0082
ivory                 #FFFFF0
khaki                 #F0E68C
lavenderblush         #FFF0F5
lavender              #E6E6FA
lawngreen             #7CFC00
lemonchiffon          #FFFACD
lightblue             #ADD8E6
lightcoral            #F08080
lightcyan             #E0FFFF
lightgoldenrodyellow  #FAFAD2
lightgray             #D3D3D3
lightgreen            #90EE90
lightgrey             #D3D3D3
lightpink             #FFB6C1
lightsalmon           #FFA07A
lightseagreen         #20B2AA
lightskyblue          #87CEFA
lightslategray        #778899
lightslategrey        #778899
lightsteelblue        #B0C4DE
lightyellow           #FFFFE0
lime                  #00FF00
limegreen             #32CD32
linen                 #FAF0E6
magenta               #FF00FF
maroon                #800000
mediumaquamarine      #66CDAA
mediumblue            #0000CD
mediumorchid          #BA55D3
mediumpurple          #9370D8
mediumseagreen        #3CB371
mediumslateblue       #7B68EE
mediumspringgreen     #00FA9A
mediumturquoise       #48D1CC
mediumvioletred       #C71585
midnightblue          #191970
mintcream             #F5FFFA
mistyrose             #FFE4E1
moccasin              #FFE4B5
navajowhite           #FFDEAD
navy                  #000080
oldlace               #FDF5E6
olive                 #808000
olivedrab             #6B8E23
orange                #FFA500
orangered             #FF4500
orchid                #DA70D6
palegoldenrod         #EEE8AA
palegreen             #98FB98
paleturquoise         #AFEEEE
palevioletred         #D87093
papayawhip            #FFEFD5
peachpuff             #FFDAB9
peru                  #CD853F
pink                  #FFC0CB
plum                  #DDA0DD
powderblue            #B0E0E6
purple                #800080
red                   #FF0000
rosybrown             #BC8F8F
royalblue             #4169E1
saddlebrown           #8B4513
salmon                #FA8072
sandybrown            #F4A460
seagreen              #2E8B57
seashell              #FFF5EE
sienna                #A0522D
silver                #C0C0C0
skyblue               #87CEEB
slateblue             #6A5ACD
slategray             #708090
slategrey             #708090
snow                  #FFFAFA
springgreen           #00FF7F
steelblue             #4682B4
tan                   #D2B48C
teal                  #008080
thistle               #D8BFD8
tomato                #FF6347
turquoise             #40E0D0
violet                #EE82EE
wheat                 #F5DEB3
white                 #FFFFFF
whitesmoke            #F5F5F5
yellow                #FFFF00
yellowgreen           #9ACD32
Have fun with colours.

On a side note:  The colour names work here as well, so you are not limited to the pull-down menu choices

aliceblue, bisque, chocolate, darkgoldenrod, darksalmon, hotpink, lightgoldenrodyellow, mediumspringgreen, plum, silver

olive <<--- look jedi