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Select the current colour. The colour is be given as a colour name. There
are 71 standard colours to choose from, and the list of colour names can be
listed by answering with a question mark (?) in response to the prompt. The
colour name is converted internally to a mysterious integer code. The
current colour code is stored in the datablock .active_colour,
the name of the current colour is stored in the datablock
.active_colour_name. If an unknown colour input is given, the current
colour remains unchanged. It is also possible to specify a colour directly
using the RGB triple.