The WikiChip page linked in the commentary mentions that a bare ^C serves to terminate any active color codes, but I failed to notice this and thus failed to implement it.
In testing with other IRC users, I've also found that many clients will accept e.g. ^C,3 as a valid specification which changes only the background color.
The WikiChip page linked in the commentary mentions that a bare ^C serves to terminate any active color codes, but I failed to notice this and thus failed to implement it.
In testing with other IRC users, I've also found that many clients will accept e.g.
^C,3
as a valid specification which changes only the background color.