[BUG] Some colors aren't printed in bold

[johndoknjas]

• I've checked docs and closed issues for possible solutions.
• I can't find my issue in the FAQ.

Describe the bug Some colors printed in bold have a clear visual difference, but for others it appears there is no change. I've included some examples of these in this code:

from rich.console import Console
from rich.style import Style

console = Console()

def print_colors(l: list[str], message: str) -> None:
    print(message)
    for c in l:
        console.print("not bold", style=Style(color=c, bold=False))
        console.print("bold", style=Style(color=c, bold=True))
        print('\n')

print_colors(['bright_red', 'grey100', 'grey39', 'bright_magenta', 'purple'], 
             "For these colors, the bold parameter seems to make no visual difference:\n")
print_colors(['white', 'red', 'magenta'], 
             "------------------------------\nFor these colors, the bold parameter does make a difference:\n")

The output on my end:

Platform Windows 11

What platform (Win/Linux/Mac) are you running on? What terminal software are you using? Windows PowerShell

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We found the following entry in the FAQ which you may find helpful:

• Strange colors in console output.

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[TomJGooding]

This isn't a Rich issue but rather just how your terminal emulator renders bold text.

If you're using Windows Terminal, I think there's a setting under Appearance you can change.

[johndoknjas]

@TomJGooding Thanks, you're right - the setting is this. In case anyone else sees this, to update it I did the following:

• In the terminal clicked the drop down icon, chose Settings, and then clicked "Open JSON file" in the bottom left corner.
• In the file, navigate to the profiles/list key.
• For the terminal profile you want to update, add the "intenseTextStyle": "bold" pair to its object. Now it will no longer default to "bright".

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