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Chapter
10 I
BASIC Keywords
PALETTE/Graphics
Statement
PALETTE [color,dispZay color]
Changes the color associated with a particular color number in
the current palette.
Color
specifies the color number in the current palette you want
t o change. It is a n integer in the range 0 t o 15. See Chapter 8,
"Displaying Color and Graphics," for information on colors in the
current screen mode.
Display color specifies the new color you want BASIC to display
when
color
is specified. Display
color
may be a number in the
range 0 t o 15 as described in Chapter 8, "Displaying Color and
Graphics
."
For example, in Screen Mode 3, Color 1 is blue. You can use the
PALETTE statement to change it so
that Color 1 is associated
with a different color. For example, use this statement to change
Color 1 to magenta:
P A L E T T E
1 , 5
When you execute a PALETTE statement
t o
change the default
values, the new values remain in effect until you execute another
COLOR/Graphic, PALETTE or PALETTE USING statement. A
PALETTE statement without parameters forces the position
numbers t o return to their default values.
You can change only 1 position in the palette each time you exe-
cute a PALETTE statement. To change more than 1 position in a
palette, see the PALETTE USING statement.
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