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+! Copyright (C) 2012 John Benediktsson
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license
+
+USING: colors.constants io.streams.256color
+io.streams.256color.private tools.test ;
+
+{ 16 } [ COLOR: black color>256color ] unit-test
+{ 196 } [ COLOR: red color>256color ] unit-test
+{ 46 } [ COLOR: green color>256color ] unit-test
+{ 21 } [ COLOR: blue color>256color ] unit-test
+{ 231 } [ COLOR: white color>256color ] unit-test