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From: hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe)
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Subject: Re: How do I display 250 colours on a 256 colour monitor?
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Date: 7 Feb 91 16:16:21 GMT
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In article <18828.27b1ddd7@windy.dsir.govt.nz> sramtrc@windy.dsir.govt.nz 
writes:
> I have about 10 colours from the system palette on my desktop including
> coloured windows and menubar; I have a picture that uses a special 
palette
> of 240 colours; and my monitor can display 256 colours.
> 
> So there are enough colours to display the desktop and picture under
> MultiFinder with exact colour matches. How do I do it?
> 
> I tried creating a palette with 240 tolerant colours. When the tolerance
> is $0000 the picture displays perfectly but the desktop colours are wrong
> and the disk icons down the right side disappear. Why? 256 colours is
> enough for everyone.

I believe the answer to this question is that the Finder does not use the 
Palette Manager!

Fixed in System 7, so I understand.

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