Emacs.Background:   black
Emacs.Foreground:   powder blue
Emacs.pointerColor: white
Emacs.cursorColor:  white

$ head /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt
 ! $Xorg: rgb.txt,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:00 cpqbld Exp $
255 250 250             snow
248 248 255             ghost white
248 248 255             GhostWhite
245 245 245             white smoke
245 245 245             WhiteSmoke
220 220 220             gainsboro
255 250 240             floral white
255 250 240             FloralWhite
253 245 230             old lace
$ _

$ cd
$ ln -s .Xdefaults .Xdefaults-$HOSTNAME
$ _

if [ -f $HOME/.Xdefaults ]; then
  export XENVIRONMENT=$HOME/.Xdefaults
fi

(set-background-color COLOR-NAME)
(set-foreground-color COLOR-NAME)
(set-cursor-color COLOR-NAME)
(set-mouse-color COLOR-NAME)

(set-background-color "black")
(set-foreground-color "white")
(set-cursor-color "yellow")
(set-mouse-color "yellow")

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:stipple nil :background "black" :foreground "powder blue" :inverse-video nil :box nil :strike-through nil :overline nil :underline nil :slant normal :weight normal :height 90 :width normal :family "adobe-courier")))))