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xterm-direct xterm with direct-color indexing
@end example
+If Terminfo database is not available, but 24-bit direct color mode is
+supported, it can still be enabled by defining the environment
+variable @env{COLORTERM} to @samp{truecolor}.
+
Terminals with @samp{RGB} capability treat pixels #000001 - #000007 as
indexed colors to maintain backward compatibility with applications
that are unaware of direct color mode. Therefore the seven darkest