Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette

["Joao S. O. Bueno" <gwidion mpc com br>]

On 7 September 2015 at 03:22, Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com> wrote:
> Are we talking EGA as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter ?  Or am I missing 
> something important?  What is this palette, anyway?
Yes.
So, as the name says, it has the 16 colors taht were hardcoded in the
firmware for those adapters. That is not useful for anything today,
but for having 16 highly distinguished colors - and there is the
historical fun aspect of it,as you found out.


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