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Palette indices 128-255 are PAPER colours. Entries 128-135 are the standard Spectrum PAPER colours and BORDER colours (even in "full INK" mode).
Palette indices 128-255 are PAPER colours. Entries 128-135 are the standard Spectrum PAPER colours and BORDER colours (even in "full INK" mode).


Higher colours can only be used by enabling ULANext mode via {{NextRegNo|$43}}.
Higher colours can only be used by enabling ULANext mode via {{NextRegNo|$43}}. The split of attribute bits between INK and PAPER values is selected by INK-mask set via {{NextRegNo|$42}}.


Layer 2 and Sprite palettes work as "full ink" always, INK/PAPER concept does apply only to Enhanced ULA palette.
Layer 2, Sprite and LoRes palettes work as "full ink" always, INK/PAPER concept does apply only to Enhanced ULA palette.

Revision as of 23:27, 6 January 2019

Next Register Number $40
Readable Yes
Writable Yes
Short Description Chooses an ULANext palette index to configure.

Palette indices 0-127 are INK colours. Entries 0-7 are the standard Spectrum INK colours (except full ink colour mode, when all 0-255 indices are INK colour).

Palette indices 128-255 are PAPER colours. Entries 128-135 are the standard Spectrum PAPER colours and BORDER colours (even in "full INK" mode).

Higher colours can only be used by enabling ULANext mode via NextReg:$43. The split of attribute bits between INK and PAPER values is selected by INK-mask set via NextReg:$42.

Layer 2, Sprite and LoRes palettes work as "full ink" always, INK/PAPER concept does apply only to Enhanced ULA palette.