Thread: I need to make a 256 colors palette just like the one Windows uses

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    I need to make a 256 colors palette just like the one Windows uses

    Where can I find the intensity of each color component (RGB) on the Windows palette?

    This is how I have to do it:

    Code:
    for(int i=0;i<256;i++){
          colors[i].r=i;
          colors[i].g=i;
          colors[i].b=i;
    }

    That would be getting me a 256 colors gray-scale... What I need is a palette like Windows'.

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    You mean the 666 (aka websafe palette) or 676 format? For the first one, it's easy. 0, 51, 102, 153, 204, and 255 for each RGB color value. For the second, the same as the first applies for the red and blue only but the green uses 0, 43, 85, 128, 170, 213, then 255. As to which Windows uses, there's a strange, but interesting, way to test it. Load an image that has many different colors, snag a screenshot, paste it in MSPaint, and look for patterns in the color numbers.

    Edit: as to generating it, use 3 nested loops, one for each channel, then set the values accordingly.
    Last edited by ulillillia; 04-29-2007 at 04:09 PM. Reason: coding method suggested

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    I didn't understand what you meant... For example, tell me the what the first five colors should be...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ulillillia View Post
    You mean the 666 (aka websafe palette) or 676 format? For the first one, it's easy. 0, 51, 102, 153, 204, and 255 for each RGB color value.
    Dude,
    Hex would have been much prettier... 0x00, 0x33, 0x66, 0x99, 0xCC, 0xFF

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