It seems that Eterm's config parser is too stupid to cope with tabs.
Humour the poor thing.
# The colors below are taken from Rasterman's .Xdefaults file. They are intended to
# display ANSI art properly when combined with a good ANSI-art font (like vga or
# Rasterman's nexus font).
# The colors below are taken from Rasterman's .Xdefaults file. They are intended to
# display ANSI art properly when combined with a good ANSI-art font (like vga or
# Rasterman's nexus font).
- color 0 #000000
- color 1 #aa0000
- color 2 #008800
- color 3 #aa5522
- color 4 #0000cc
- color 5 #aa00aa
- color 6 #00aaaa
- color 7 #dddddd
- color 8 #444444
- color 9 #ff4444
+ color 0 #000000
+ color 1 #aa0000
+ color 2 #008800
+ color 3 #aa5522
+ color 4 #0000cc
+ color 5 #aa00aa
+ color 6 #00aaaa
+ color 7 #dddddd
+ color 8 #444444
+ color 9 #ff4444
color 10 #44ff44
color 11 #ffff44
color 12 #4466ff
color 10 #44ff44
color 11 #ffff44
color 12 #4466ff