Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucrmath!sisler.ucr.edu From: bball@sisler.ucr.edu (alvaro monge) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Best Colormap Message-ID: <7955@ucrmath.ucr.edu> Date: 1 Aug 90 18:29:37 GMT Sender: news@ucrmath.ucr.edu Distribution: usa Organization: University of California, Riverside Lines: 17 I was wondering if any of you out there can help on a couple of questions I have in working with the Pixrect Libraries in Unix system (Sparc 1, and Sund 3/60's) 1) What is the best colormap that will give a fairly good pallette (sp?) of colors i.e. most of the spectrum if possible. 2) The Sun 3/60 has 8 planes, so it can display 256 colors. How do I get all of these colors on there. Thanks for any help, if any of you out there are experts in Pixrect Libraries and would like to share your experiences with me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks to all. Al (bball@ucrmath.ucr.edu)