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What are the base 16 colours in Turing?

The base 16 colours (colours number 0 through 15), are predefined in Turing. You can refer to them by number, but preferably, you should use one of the predefined names. As well, there are some differences between the DOS environment (where output takes place on a black background) and the Macintosh/Microsoft Windows environment (where output takes place on a white background).

Here's a table of the colours with there names and their RGB values (used with RGB.SetColour). Those colours that are different between the two platforms are bold faced.

Colour
Number		 Mac/Win
Colour Name		 Mac/Win
RGB Value		 DOS
Colour Name		 Dos
RGB Value
0 white
colourbg
colorbg		 [R=1.0,G=1.0,B=1.0] black
colourbg
colorbg		 [R=0.0,G=0.0,B=0.0]
1 blue [R=0.0,G=0.0,B=0.67] blue [R=0.0,G=0.0,B=0.67]
2 green [R=0.0,G=0.67,B=0.0] green [R=0.0,G=0.67,B=0.0]
3 cyan [R=0.0,G=0.67,B=0.67] cyan [R=0.0,G=0.67,B=0.67]
4 red [R=0.67,G=0.0,B=0.0] red [R=0.67,G=0.0,B=0.0]
5 magenta
purple		 [R=0.67,G=0.0,B=0.67] magenta
purple		 [R=0.67,G=0.0,B=0.67]
6 brown [R=0.67,G=0.33,B=0.0] brown [R=0.67,G=0.33,B=0.0]
7 black
colourfg
colorfg		 [R=0.0,G=0.0,B=0.0] white
colourfg
colorfg		 [R=0.67,G=0.67,B=0.67]
8 grey
gray
brightwhite		 [R=0.67,G=0.67,B=0.67] grey
gray
darkgrey
darkgray		 [R=0.33,G=0.33,B=0.33]
9 brightblue [R=0.33,G=0.33,B=1.0] brightblue [R=0.33,G=0.33,B=1.0]
10 brightgreen [R=0.33,G=1.0,B=0.33] brightgreen [R=0.33,G=1.0,B=0.33]
11 brightcyan [R=0.33,G=1.0,B=1.0] brightcyan [R=0.33,G=1.0,B=1.0]
12 brightred [R=1.0,G=0.33,B=0.33] brightred [R=1.0,G=0.33,B=0.33]
13 brightmagenta
brightpurple		 [R=1.0,G=0.33,B=1.0] brightmagenta
brightpurple		 [R=1.0,G=0.33,B=1.0]
14 yellow [R=1.0,G=1.0,B=0.33] yellow [R=1.0,G=1.0,B=0.33]
15 darkgrey
darkgray		 [R=0.33,G=0.33,B=0.33] brightwhite [R=1.0,G=1.0,B=1.0]
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