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

[Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com>]

> Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:03:49 +0200
> From: 7eggert online de
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> Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette (fwd)
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> > Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 10:21:58 -0300
> > From: "Joao S. O. Bueno" <gwidion mpc com br>
> > To: Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com>
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> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette
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> > 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?
 ;)
> I missed some postings, but I have documentation about EGA cards.
>
> The colors were from a palette of 64 colors, with each bit corresponding 
> to a separate wire. Low-intensity colors have a high
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monochrome_and_RGB_palettes#6-bit_RGB
>
> [ . . . ]

I have already read through that article (plus a few others on the matter).

And it only took a few minutes to set up my own .gpl palette with the 16- and 64-color CGA/EGA palettes, 
before I originally posted the question.

I still wonder about the peculiar choice of hues in ega.gpl (yes you did cover that already, I just haven't 
found anything to corroborate it) ... but for now I think to avoid personal confusion I'll just drop that 
default palette from my GIMP setup.

-- Stratadrake
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