this program does not print the seperate colour pairs. The only way to do so is to use a seperate number for each possible colour pair. But I don't want to do that as there is a limit on how many can be initiated, and I want the user of my program to be able to use any variation of colours. I thought of using the first colour pair slot and switching it every time i needed a new colour pair -- but it seems to work that when you change a colour pair you also alter the existing printed colours on the screen.Code:#include <curses.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { initscr(); start_color(); init_pair(1, COLOR_RED, COLOR_BLACK); addch(65 | COLOR_PAIR(1)); init_pair(1, COLOR_RED, COLOR_BLUE); addch(65 | COLOR_PAIR(1)); getch(); endwin(); return 0; }