If you are using Xwindows put this in your .Xdefaults file
so that you can see colors too =)

XTerm*color0:           Black
XTerm*color1:           Red
XTerm*color2:           Green
XTerm*color3:           Yellow
XTerm*color4:           Blue
XTerm*color5:           Magenta
XTerm*color6:           Cyan
XTerm*color7:           White