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> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:38:43 +0100
> From: Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>
> 
> Are there any builtin functionality to control the line colors in
> dired. Lets say to change the color for directories vs files or
> according to the permissions? A face maybe??
> 
> If so, could you tell me where are documented?

See the various 'defface's in dired.el.

Alternatively, "M-x load-library RET dired RET", and then invoke
list-faces-display and look at faces whose names start with "dired-".