The according bug in Debian (https://bugs.debian.org/418361) has been closed in Debian as "not actionable". Please see the discussion there for details.
Besides: In my terminal (uxterm), these colors are readable without issues while I agree that the colors in the screenshots are suboptimal. But the exact color of an ANSI color depends a lot on the terminal. I suspect the screenshots is from a libvte-based terminal. ** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414718 Title: blue on orange is very hard to read in aptitude To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/aptitude/+bug/414718/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs