>I have searched the VFP online documentation high and low and can find nothing that specifies the mapping from each of the 10 color pairs in a color scheme to the particular screen attribute controlled by each.
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>Since color scheme's seem to be a MS Windows construct, I even looked in Windows documentation for the desired specs, but could not find them.

I agree with Bruce. Color pairs don't make sense anymore...and the correct Windows way of doing colors is to allow the user to select their own via Windows Control Panel. Leave the foreground and background colors in VFP at their default settings and the Windows colors will be picked up.