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 ### Setting Custom Colors via Environment Variable
 You can specify custom colors via the `JC_COLORS` environment variable. The `JC_COLORS` environment variable takes four comma separated string values in the following format:
 ```
-JELLO_COLORS=<keyname_color>,<keyword_color>,<number_color>,<string_color>
+JC_COLORS=<keyname_color>,<keyword_color>,<number_color>,<string_color>
 ```
 Where colors are: `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`, `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan`, `gray`, `brightblack`, `brightred`, `brightgreen`, `brightyellow`, `brightblue`, `brightmagenta`, `brightcyan`, `white`, or  `default`