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From: rubin@cis.ohio-state.edu (daniel j rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Colors on the Mac LC and Mac II's
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Date: 8 Jun 91 20:20:20 GMT
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Do the Macs have a pallet of 256 colors from a selection of a higher amount
or do they have 256 "pre-set" colors?  When I display gifs on the workstations
here at school the pallet of 256 color changes from a selection of 16.7 million
and the gif are displayed almost perfectly.  Is this the way the Macs work?
Does an 8-bit color board mean you can have 256 colors on the screen at a time
from a pallet of many more or does it mean you have 256 colors to choose from?
I assume that a 24-bit color board means you can have 24 bits of color 
information for each pixel, but I am a little confused as you can probably
tell.  One last question - what kinda a color does a stock LC support?

Thanks In Advance						- Dan Rubin