Color Display Statement - Sharp MZ-700 Owner's Manual

2.6
Color display statement
One of the greatest features of the MZ-700 is that it allows characters and graphics to be displayed using
any of up to 8 colors.
2.6.1
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COLOR ...............................................................
(Abbreviated format: COL.)
Format
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COLOR x, Y, c
<,
b
>
Function
Example
x ... . X coordinate (0 to 39)
y . .. .
Y coordinate (0 to 24)
c . . .. Character color specification (0 to 7).
b . ... Background color specification (0 to 7).
This statement is used to set the foreground and background colors for the character
at a specific position on the screen. Any of up to 8 different colors can be specified
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for the character foreground (c) or background (b) as shown in the table below.
ColorNo . Col or
0 Black
1 Blue
2 Red
3 Purple
4 Green
5
Light blue
6
Yellow
7 White
(1)
Changing the background color of the entire screen
CO L OR , , , 2 . .. .. (Changes the background color used
for display of characters to red.)
(2) Changing the foreground color of the entire screen (the color used for display
of all characters)
CO L OR .. 3 ..... (Changes the color used for display of
all characters to purple.)
(3) Changing both the background and foreground colors for the entire screen
COLOR , . 1
.
0 .....
(Changes the color used for display of
all characters to blue and changes the
background used for display of chara-
cters to black.)
( 4) Changing the background color at a specific screen location
C 0
L
0
R
2 . 2 . . 4 .... .
(Changes the background col or at
coordinates 2, 2 to green.)
(5) Changing the foreground color at a specific screen location
COLOR 3. 2. 7 .. . . .
(Changes the foreground color at
coordinates 3, 2 to white.)
(6) Changing both the foreground and background color at a specific screen location
COLOR 4, 2. 4, 2 ..... (Changes the foreground color at
coordinates 4, 2 to green and changes
the background color at that location
to red.)
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