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My original question on Stack Overflow can be found here. Basically, I ssh into my linux work station from my Mac and I would like to test my program (that runs on the linux machine) if color output is not supported on my terminal emulator. Currently I am using Terminal.app and I've tried setting Preferences > Settings > Advanced > Declare terminal as different terminal types but all of them still seem to print colors.

Does anyone know a black/white only terminal emulator for Mac? Is there a way to completely turn off colors on a terminal?

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I use iTerm, which allows you to set styles, including black and white.

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Here's a black and white terminal for Terminal.app (download linked file and remove txt).
This maps all the colours in Terminal to be black and white, therefore disabling colour.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>ANSIBlueColor</key>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIBrightBlackColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIBrightBlueColor</key>
    <data>
    YnBsaXN0MDDUAQIDBAUGFRZYJHZlcnNpb25YJG9iamVjdHNZJGFyY2hpdmVyVCR0b3AS
    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
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    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIBrightCyanColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIBrightGreenColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIBrightMagentaColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
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    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIBrightWhiteColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIBrightYellowColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSICyanColor</key>
    <data>
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    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIGreenColor</key>
    <data>
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    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIMagentaColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ANSIRedColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
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    </data>
    <key>ANSIWhiteColor</key>
    <data>
    YnBsaXN0MDDUAQIDBAUGFRZYJHZlcnNpb25YJG9iamVjdHNZJGFyY2hpdmVyVCR0b3AS
    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OV05TV2hpdGVcTlNDb2xvclNwYWNlViRjbGFzc0Iw
    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
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    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
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    ABADgALSEBESE1okY2xhc3NuYW1lWCRjbGFzc2VzV05TQ29sb3KiEhRYTlNPYmplY3Rf
    EA9OU0tleWVkQXJjaGl2ZXLRFxhUcm9vdIABCBEaIy0yNztBSFBdZGdpa3B7hIyPmKqt
    sgAAAAAAAAEBAAAAAAAAABkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC0
    </data>
    <key>ProfileCurrentVersion</key>
    <real>2.04</real>
    <key>SelectionColor</key>
    <data>
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    AAGGoKMHCA9VJG51bGzTCQoLDA0OVU5TUkdCXE5TQ29sb3JTcGFjZVYkY2xhc3NGMSAx
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    rK+0AAAAAAAAAQEAAAAAAAAAGQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALY=
    </data>
    <key>name</key>
    <string>Black &amp; White</string>
    <key>type</key>
    <string>Window Settings</string>
</dict>
</plist>
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