PALETTECOLOR

The _PALETTECOLOR statement sets the color value of a palette entry of an image using 256 color modes or less (4 or 8 BPP).

Syntax

_PALETTECOLOR attribute%, newColor&[, destHandle&]

Description

• The attribute% is the palette index number of the color to set, ranging from 0 to 15 (4 bit) or 0 to 255 (8 bit) color modes.
• The LONG newColor& is the new color value to set using _RGB32 or _RGBA32 values or using HEX$ 32 Bit Values.
• If destHandle& is omitted, destination is assumed to be the current write page or screen surface.
• If attribute% is outside of image or screen mode attribute range (0 to 15 or 0 to 255), an illegal function call error will occur.
• If destHandle& does not use a palette, an illegal function call error occurs. Will not work in 24/32 bit color palette modes.
• If destHandle& is an invalid handle value, an invalid handle error occurs.

Basic's 16 Default Color Attributes (non-DAC)

Attribute    Description     Red   Green   Blue 32 HEX HTML Name  0 Black 0 0 0 000000 Black  1 Dark Blue 0 0 42 00008B DarkBlue  2 Dark Green 0 42 0 006400 DarkGreen  3 Dark Cyan 0 42 42 008B8B DarkCyan  4 Dark Red 42 0 0 8B0000 DarkRed  5 Dark Magenta 42 0 42 8B008B DarkMagenta  6 Dark Yellow 42 21 0 DAA520 GoldenRod  7 Light Grey 42 42 42 D3D3D3 LightGrey 8 Dark Grey 21 21 21 696969 DimGray  9 Blue 21 21 63 0000FF Blue 10 Green 21 63 21 15FF15 Lime 11 Cyan 21 63 63 15FFFF Cyan 12 Red 63 21 21 FF1515 Red 13 Magenta 63 21 63 FF15FF Magenta 14 Yellow 63 63 21 FFFF00 Yellow 15 White 63 63 63 FFFFFF White

HTML Color Table Values and Names or Other RGB colors

Note: QB64 32 bit color intensity values from 0 to 255 can be found by multiplying above values by 4.

Summary: The red, green, and blue intensity values can be changed using OUT or PALETTE statements. Some QBasic RGB color attribute values can be changed in DAC SCREEN modes and the DAC RGB intensity settings may be different.

Examples

Example: Creating custom background colors in SCREEN 0 that follow the text. CLS makes entire background one color.

_PALETTECOLOR 1, _RGB32(255, 255, 255) ' white. _PALETTECOLOR 2, _RGB32(255, 170, 170) ' lighter red. _PALETTECOLOR 3, _RGB32(255, 85, 85) ' light red. _PALETTECOLOR 4, _RGB32(255, 0, 0) ' red. _PALETTECOLOR 5, _RGB32(170, 0, 0) ' dark red. _PALETTECOLOR 6, _RGB32(85, 0, 0) ' darker red. COLOR 0, 1: PRINT "black on white." COLOR 0, 2: PRINT "black on lighter red." COLOR 0, 3: PRINT "black on light red." COLOR 0, 4: PRINT "black on red." COLOR 0, 5: PRINT "black on dark red." COLOR 0, 6: PRINT "black on darker red. COLOR 1, 6: PRINT "white on darker red" COLOR 2, 6: PRINT "ligher red on darker red"

Note: _PALETTECOLOR expects LONG _RGB32 or _RGBA32 32 bit color values, not _RGB or _RGBA palette attribute values.

See also

• COLOR, _RGB32, _RGBA32
• _PALETTECOLOR (function)
• PALETTE, OUT, INP
• Images
• HEX$ 32 Bit Values

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