diff --git a/files/.bash_aliases b/files/.bash_aliases
index 41afdae..975e1da 100644
--- a/files/.bash_aliases
+++ b/files/.bash_aliases
@@ -34,3 +34,10 @@ alias xclipboard='xclip -selection clipboard'
 alias wine_pulse='PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 wine'
 
 alias ssh-forgetful='ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
+
+alias showcolors='for i in {0..255} ; do \
+    printf "\x1b[48;5;%sm%3d\e[0m " "$i" "$i"; \
+    if (( i == 15 )) || (( i > 15 )) && (( (i-15) % 6 == 0 )); then \
+        printf "\n"; \
+    fi; done'
+