+ <STRONG>PAIR_NUMBER(</STRONG><EM>attrs</EM>) extracts the color value from its <EM>attrs</EM>
+ parameter and returns it as a color pair number. Its in-
+ verse <STRONG>COLOR_PAIR(</STRONG><EM>n</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG> converts a color pair number to an at-
+ tribute. Attributes can hold color pairs in the range 0
+ to 255. If you need a color pair larger than that, you
+ must use functions such as <STRONG>attr_set</STRONG> (which pass the color
+ pair as a separate parameter) rather than the legacy func-
+ tions such as <STRONG>attrset</STRONG>.