[Coco] RGB color codes to CoCo 3 color codes

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Fri Mar 25 10:21:30 EST 2005


Correct except, "You have two levels of all three colors.", needs 
clarification. Two bits per color gives four intensity levels per color.

jdaggett at gate.net wrote:

> Diego
> 
> The Color Coumputer uses 6 bit color to derive the color palette.
> 
> Each byte stored is in the following format:
> 
> bit 0 -  R0
> bit 1 -  G0
> bit 2 -  B0
> bit 3 -  R1
> bit 4 -  G1
> bit 5 -  B1
> 
> This is RGB222. You have two levels of all three colors. Therefore the 
> hex representation would be between #00 and #3F. The color values 
> you are quoteing are for 24 bit color which is RGB888. 
> 
> james
> 
> 
> On 24 Mar 2005 at 23:54, Diego Barizo wrote:
> 
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