diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a6a852..7920921 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ _/\ __)/_)    pkgs   130
 # Default: first example below
 # Valid: space separated string
 #
-# OFF by default: shell
+# OFF by default: shell palette
 PF_INFO="ascii title distro host kernel uptime pkgs memory"
 
 # Example: Only ASCII.
diff --git a/pfetch b/pfetch
index 87beba2..bd3dabb 100755
--- a/pfetch
+++ b/pfetch
@@ -576,6 +576,21 @@ get_memory() {
     log memory "${mem_used:-?}M / ${mem_full:-?}M" >&6
 }
 
+get_palette() {
+    # Print the first 8 terminal colors. This uses the existing
+    # sequences to change text color with a sequence prepended
+    # to reverse the foreground and background colors.
+    #
+    # This allows us to save hardcoding a second set of sequences
+    # for background colors.
+    palette="  $c1  $c2  $c3  $c4  $c5  $c6  $c7  "
+
+    # Print the palette with a newline before and after.
+    # The '\033[%sC' moves the text to the right, the
+    # length of the ascii art.
+    printf '\n[%sC%s\n' "${ascii_width-1}" "$palette" >&6
+}
+
 get_ascii() {
     # This is a simple function to read the contents of
     # an ascii file from 'stdin'. It allows for the use