Not to be confused with history/countries. Where the actual stats of a country are written.
Definition[]
The countries folder within commons defines the colors and looks that are attached to each country through Common/country_tags.
Germany.txt
graphical_culture = western_european_gfx graphical_culture_2d = western_european_2d color = { 106 119 89 }
The graphical culture causes different default portraits to be used for political advisors.
The color is usually overwritten in the color file, see below.
Colors.txt and Cosmetic.txt[]
The files colors.txt and cosmetic.txt are different and fill a unique role within the common/countries folder. colors.txt overwrites and creates a list of all the country colors, while cosmetic.txt provides a list with all cosmetic colors (see set_cosmetic_tag). It is recommended you try changing country colors here.
Example:
ITA = { color = rgb { 67 127 63 } color_ui = rgb { 87 165 82 } }
Tip: The rgb (red-green-blue) values scale from 0 to 255. Here's a color picker tool that can help.