Default Palettes

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=GfxDefPalettes
• Last revised: 2023-07-08

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Default color values for FreeBASIC graphics and text screen modes.

FreeBASIC initializes the palette indexes with the colors in the tables below. The colors are the same as in QB. Colors in graphics mode can be changed using the Palette statement. There is no portable way of changing the palette in console mode.

Screen mode 1 4 colors: Black and white, and two others

Screen modes 2, 10 and 11 Monochromatic: black and white.

Screen modes 7, 8, 9, 12, and Console (Screen 0) Two sets of 8 colors: normal and intense (bright)

Screen 13 and 8-bit modes Multiple color and grayscale bands

Screen mode 1

Value	Name
0	black
1	cyan
2	magenta
3	white

Screen modes 2, 10 and 11

Value	Name
0	black
1	white

Screen modes 7, 8, 9, 12, and Console (Screen 0)

Normal Value	Normal Name	Intense Value	Intense Name
0	black	8	dark grey
1	blue	9	bright blue
2	green	10	bright green
3	cyan	11	bright cyan
4	red	12	bright red
5	pink	13	bright pink
6	yellow	14	bright yellow
7	grey	15	white

Screen 13 and 8-bit modes

Screen 12 color band

Colors 0 through 15 are the same as screen 12 mode.

Grayscale band

Colors 16 through 31 are grayscale from black to white.

Brightness/saturation bands

3 bands of decreasing brightness, each containing 3 bands of decreasing saturation, each containing 24 hues of color starting and ending at blue.

Name	HB/HS	HB/MS	HB/LS	MB/HS	MB/MS	MB/LS	LB/HS	LB/MS	LB/LS
blue	32	56	80	104	128	152	176	200	224
magenta	36	60	84	108	132	156	180	204	228
red	40	64	88	112	136	160	184	208	232
yellow	44	58	92	116	140	164	188	212	236
green	48	72	96	120	144	168	192	216	240
cyan	52	76	100	124	148	172	194	220	244

Black band

Colors 248 through 255 are black.

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