diff --git a/color.go b/color.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb2ee89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/color.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package shell
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func get_terminal_color_palette() string {
+	// var runes rune
+	// color1 := "\x1b[0;29m  \x1b[0m"
+	// runes = []rune(color1)
+	// view.WriteRunes(runes)
+
+	color1 := "\x1b[0;29m  \x1b[0m"
+	color2 := "\x1b[0;31m  \x1b[0m"
+	color3 := "\x1b[0;32m  \x1b[0m"
+	color4 := "\x1b[0;33m  \x1b[0m"
+	color5 := "\x1b[0;34m  \x1b[0m"
+	color6 := "\x1b[0;35m  \x1b[0m"
+	color7 := "\x1b[0;36m  \x1b[0m"
+	color8 := "\x1b[0;37m  \x1b[0m"
+
+	return color1 + " " + color2 + " " + color3 + " " + color4 + " " + color5 + " " + color6 + " " + color7 + " " + color8
+}
+
+// what genius figured this out?
+// originally from github.com/dimasma0305/GoFetch
+func TestTerminalColor() {
+	fmt.Println(get_terminal_color_palette())
+}
diff --git a/xterm.go b/xterm.go
index d51cc96..b06ef33 100644
--- a/xterm.go
+++ b/xterm.go
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ func Terminal() string {
 	pid := os.Getpid()
 	_, comm := scanToParent(pid)
 	/*
-	ppid, err := GetPPID(pid)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error getting PPID:", err)
-		return ""
-	}
+		ppid, err := GetPPID(pid)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error getting PPID:", err)
+			return ""
+		}
 
-	comm, err := GetComm(ppid)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error getting comm:", err)
-		return ""
-	}
+		comm, err := GetComm(ppid)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error getting comm:", err)
+			return ""
+		}
 	*/
 
 	return comm