-.TH COLORIZE 1 "2013-06-16" "colorize v0.51" "User Commands"
+.TH COLORIZE 1 "2013-10-20" "colorize v0.51" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
colorize \- colorize text with escape sequences
.SH SYNOPSIS
safely extracted.
.PP
When de-colorizing text, \-\-clean omits color escape sequences which
-were emitted by colorize, whereas \-\-clean\-all omits all valid ones.
-If in doubt, consider using \-\-clean\-all.
+were emitted by colorize (see NOTES for list), whereas \-\-clean\-all
+omits all valid ones. If in doubt, consider using \-\-clean\-all.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-\-clean
.TP
.BR \-v ", " \-\-version
display version data and exit
+.SH NOTES
+The list of color escape sequence codes being emitted and omitted is
+as follows:
+.IP * 4
+30-37,39 (foreground colors)
+.IP * 4
+1;30-37,39 (bold foreground colors)
+.IP * 4
+40-47,49 (background colors)
+.IP * 4
+0 (reset)
.SH AUTHOR
Steven Schubiger <stsc@refcnt.org>