Setting transparent colors with set-colors

[rivenirvana]

I'm assuming I can do this, specifically without using a conf file and just manually invoking @ set-colors. What should this look like when using in prompt and via call_remote_control, particularly setting multiple transparent colors? Is it like this, where transparent_background_colors key is only used once?

kitty @ set-colors transparent_background_colors='red@0.9 blue@0.2'

boss.call_remote_control(window, ('set-colors', f'--match=id:{window.id}', 'transparent_background_colors=red@0.9 blue@0.2'))

Also, in the color control docs, there is transparent_background_color1..8 and transparent_background_colors option only takes up to 7. Is this correct?

[kovidgoyal]

On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 11:37:29PM -0700, Arvin Verain wrote: I'm assuming I can do this, specifically without using a conf file and just manually invoking @ set-colors. What should this look like when using in prompt and via `call_remote_control`, particularly setting multiple transparent colors? Is it like this, where `transparent_background_colors` key is only used once? ```sh kitty @ set-colors ***@***.*** ***@***.***' ``` ```python boss.call_remote_control(window, ('set-colors', f'--match=id:{window.id}', ***@***.*** ***@***.***')) ```

yes, call_remote_control takes the argv you would pass to kitten @

Also, in the color control docs, there is `transparent_background_color1..8` and `transparent_background_colors` option only takes up to 7. Is this correct?

IIRC, it's 8 so you can control the opacity of the default background color. There are a total of 8 allowed transparent bg colors, the default bg and the 7 extra colors. Though it may be a mistake, would have to check the code.

[rivenirvana]

It's probably just a confusion in the color control docs table then. Thanks for the quick reply.

[kovidgoyal]

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