Support 256-color fallback for terminals without truecolor#755
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Support 256-color fallback for terminals without truecolor#755ryan-z wants to merge 2 commits intoanomalyco:mainfrom
ryan-z wants to merge 2 commits intoanomalyco:mainfrom
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Problem
macOS Terminal.app does not support truecolor (24-bit RGB) by default, limiting colors to the standard 16 or 256 color palette. This makes it hard to see the full range of colors in opentui.
Solution
This PR adds a 256-color fallback:
$COLORTERMenvironment variableUse case
Running opentui in macOS Terminal.app and seeing more than 16 colors.