- refs), or `reset` (the normal terminal color). The value for
- these configuration variables can be one of: `normal`, `bold`,
- `dim`, `ul`, `blink`, `reverse`, `reset`, `black`, `red`,
- `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, or `white`.
+ refs).
++
+The value for these configuration variables is a list of colors (at most
+two) and attributes (at most one), separated by spaces. The colors
+accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`,
+`magenta`, `cyan` and `white`; the attributes are `bold`, `dim`, `ul`,
+`blink` and `reverse`. The first color given is the foreground; the
+second is the background. The position of the attribute, if any,
+doesn't matter.