Terminal and iTerm2: same ANSI colors look different

Question

I configured the iTerm2 profile to match the colors of the Pro profile in the Terminal app shipped with OS X El Captain. Despite this, I see that some colors are displayed differently:

Why is this happening? What other settings did I miss? Exported profile from iTerm2:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Ansi 0 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 1 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.60000002384185791</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 10 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.85098040103912354</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 11 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 12 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>1</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 13 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 14 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 15 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 2 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.65098041296005249</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 3 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.60000002384185791</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.60000002384185791</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 4 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.85894733667373657</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.034443430602550507</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.12391651421785355</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 5 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.69803923368453979</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.69803923368453979</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 6 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.69803923368453979</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.65098041296005249</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 7 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.74901962280273438</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.74901962280273438</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.74901962280273438</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 8 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.40000000596046448</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.40000000596046448</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.40000000596046448</real> </dict> <key>Ansi 9 Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.89803922176361084</real> </dict> <key>Background Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Bold Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>1</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>1</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>1</real> </dict> <key>Cursor Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.30196079611778259</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.30196079611778259</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.30196079611778259</real> </dict> <key>Cursor Text Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>1</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>1</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>1</real> </dict> <key>Foreground Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.94901961088180542</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.94901961088180542</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.94901961088180542</real> </dict> <key>Selected Text Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.0</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.0</real> </dict> <key>Selection Color</key> <dict> <key>Blue Component</key> <real>0.25490197539329529</real> <key>Green Component</key> <real>0.25490197539329529</real> <key>Red Component</key> <real>0.25490197539329529</real> </dict> </dict> </plist> 

Answer 1

Both terminals and iTerm have palettes for “bright” and “normal” colors. Both of them also have "Draw bold text in bright colors", which have opposite default values. On my system, the default values ​​are as follows:

Default Terminal:

iTerm Defaults:

I'm not sure if the highlighted text is in bold or not, but make sure that this setting is consistent between both applications and can solve the problem.

EDIT: Also check the contrast setting in profiles> colors