Commander X16

Projects always get us off on Tangents. I'm working on a version of the VERA colorpallette.png file
with each block labeled with its Hexadecimal number. I'm using GIMP to do it.
Tonight I didn't even finish the first row. Got to $0A. When I finish it I'll post it in Programming or maybe
elsewhere. I also want to incorporate it onto the TOP of my X16 case when I do that project.

Ok. I pursued this a little further. Low res version This is special because I did it in CBM Basic right on the emulator with this code TOKENIZED BASIC FOR DOWNLOAD AND USE ON "HARDWARE" FINISHED (In the Hi-Res version I took the PNG from the docs and labeled it using text layers in GIMP)

I am going to finish this. . It is damn tedious. Finished through $14. Still over 200 blocks left to label. At this rate
Its going to take a month... This will be damn useful for anyone programming using the VERA's default Pallette.

Its also going to look kind of cool behind a transparent Window somewhere on the top
of my X16 case

Oh damn.. Does anyone have the R.G.B values for the VERA color Pallette... I just
had an epiphany. I could write a QB64 program to replicate this chart very easily
if I had those. And I could label each block.. I don't even have to save the file.
Just draw it in a Window and do a screen Capture. It might take me a couple
hours to write the code but it's going to take days or weeks to do this in GIMP.

Even if it takes a Day or 2 to write the code it will be a speedup. I expect that once
I write the code the render will be at most a few seconds.

ahenry3068 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:13 am Oh damn.. Does anyone have the R.G.B values for the VERA color Pallette... I just
had an epiphany. I could write a QB64 program to replicate this chart very easily
if I had those. And I could label each block.. I don't even have to save the file.
Just draw it in a Window and do a screen Capture. It might take me a couple
hours to write the code but it's going to take days or weeks to do this in GIMP.

The default values are in the documentation... or rather, they were, but they’ve since been replaced with a visual reference that isn't labeled.

If you poke around in the history, you can find the old values that were listed there. But rather than make you do that, I'll just copy and paste them here:

	000,fff,800,afe,c4c,0c5,00a,ee7,d85,640,f77,333,777,af6,08f,bbb
	000,111,222,333,444,555,666,777,888,999,aaa,bbb,ccc,ddd,eee,fff
	211,433,644,866,a88,c99,fbb,211,422,633,844,a55,c66,f77,200,411
	611,822,a22,c33,f33,200,400,600,800,a00,c00,f00,221,443,664,886
	aa8,cc9,feb,211,432,653,874,a95,cb6,fd7,210,431,651,862,a82,ca3
	fc3,210,430,640,860,a80,c90,fb0,121,343,564,786,9a8,bc9,dfb,121
	342,463,684,8a5,9c6,bf7,120,241,461,582,6a2,8c3,9f3,120,240,360
	480,5a0,6c0,7f0,121,343,465,686,8a8,9ca,bfc,121,242,364,485,5a6
	6c8,7f9,020,141,162,283,2a4,3c5,3f6,020,041,061,082,0a2,0c3,0f3
	122,344,466,688,8aa,9cc,bff,122,244,366,488,5aa,6cc,7ff,022,144
	166,288,2aa,3cc,3ff,022,044,066,088,0aa,0cc,0ff,112,334,456,668
	88a,9ac,bcf,112,224,346,458,56a,68c,79f,002,114,126,238,24a,35c
	36f,002,014,016,028,02a,03c,03f,112,334,546,768,98a,b9c,dbf,112
	324,436,648,85a,96c,b7f,102,214,416,528,62a,83c,93f,102,204,306
	408,50a,60c,70f,212,434,646,868,a8a,c9c,fbe,211,423,635,847,a59
	c6b,f7d,201,413,615,826,a28,c3a,f3c,201,403,604,806,a08,c09,f0b

For future reference, the exact palette in the VERA can be found in its source code: palette_ram.mem.

I was hoping for 24 bit values . Am I correct in assuming those are 16 bit RGB values ? 5 bits per R,G,B value. Is the 16th bit
intensity or just insignificant ??? (This may be moot. I'm getting along a little faster in GIMP as I get used to it....lol)

Or is it 12 bit psuedo-true color ? 4 bits per RGB value ? That actually might be easier to convert
to the 24 bit value I need in QB64

Those are also valid html colors, just duplicate each hex digit e.g. #afe --> #aaffee. In fact, instead of an image, you could create an self-contained html file which uses some javascript to generate the table with correct colors and labels. Or you could use a regex find-replace in a text editor to generate the same html.
If you really want an image file, just make a screenshot of said html, crop it and you're done.