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

[Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com>]

Thanks.  I have never heard that before (and so far am unable to find any citations about it).

Now at the same time, clearly this is not the set of 16 colors by which EGA is most commonly known.  
Shouldn't we have a palette for that? ;)

-- Stratadrake
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> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 10:21:58 -0300
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette
> From: gwidion mpc com br
> To: strata_ranger hotmail com
> CC: gimp-user-list gnome org
>
> 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.
>
>
>    js
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