colors work for ls, but not in man

[linux user]

> > I have no colors in man, but do have in ls. For example "ls
> > --color=tty" works fine in an xterm and produces colors, but I have
> > none in man pages. Since it works for ls I guess it's not xterm
> > specific. 
> 
> I don't believe man pages display color attributes.  If you want 
> nice formatted color pages, "Ctrl+F2", then type "man:whatever".  
> You'll get a nice html formatted man page with links to 
> associated man pages.

What I meant here was "Alt+F2" rather than Ctrl+F2.

> 
> > Also, in vi there are colors, but when going into insert
> > mode, the line at the bottom that says -- INSERT --  is bold, not
> > colored.
> 
> -- INSERT -- is the current mode for vim, when it's displayed.  
> Why do you need the mode to show up in color?
> 
> > 
> > I have FC3 with the latest updates installed and have tried copying
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color to ~/.Xresources  and
> > ~/.Xdefaults and setting
> > 
> > *VT100*colorULMode: on
> > *VT100*underLine: off
> > *VT100*colorBDMode: on
> > 
> > but didn't work, still no colors in man. Where is this thing set to
> > color underline and bold attributes?