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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
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Subject: Re: Amiga Screen Colors
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Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 16:01:44 EDT
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>I understand that there are 4,096 colors available on the Amiga.
>The Reference Manual I have indicates that 0 is the darkest and
>4,096 is the brightest. Is it true that every available color can
>be associated with a number from 0 to 4096 or 000 to fff (hex)?
>
>Are there any pd programs to display the different colors and their
>associated values from 0 to 4096? I am looking for an easy way to
>set colors in Dave Wecker VT100 initfile. Trial and error will take
>forever.
>
>Paul

	The 4096 colors are generated by picking the level of Red, Green,
and Blue for a given color.  Each  R, G, or B has 16 levels.  Thus,
16 * 16 * 16 = 4096 colors, which convienently maps into three hex
digits (read 'RGB').

	The easiest way to pick colors it to simply use Preferences, then
figure out each R, G, and B by looking at the poll position of the
R, G, and B gadgets (very easy to count)
	
					-Matt