hey
I decided to look a little more into the NES color palette, and it seems there are different interpretations, and the true colors are not known?
Hmm, so I was wondering as to where you got this palette, and how it was obtained? I now wanna find the true colors of the NES
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Anyhows to help yas better understand I will quote something from
NES Technical/Emulation/Development FAQ, more specifically questions
55, and
56.
Is the NES palette RGB or what?
No. I wish it were, but it isn't. The NES really works on the NTSC colour concept, with luminance (brightness) going in one direction, and chrominance (hue) going in another. Barring the colour values after $xC, the palette in the NES does on average a 30° rotation in hue for each step of the lower nybble that you take. Furthermore, the palette increases in luminance for each step of the upper nybble that you take. So, the palette really operates on hue and brightness in each direction, not RGB in each direction.
How do I get an accurate palette then?
Well, the only TRUE way is to get yourself an oscilloscope and find out the exact hue, saturation, and brightness for each colour in the NES' palette. However, not everybody can do that, can they? What some people have done (including me) is digitize all the colours of the NES' palette with video capturing equipment, and get the R,G,B values from there. That's not a perfect way of getting the colours, but it worked for me.
The following is a table showing what 'my' NES palette looks like. It has proven very useful to me in making my NES demos, so I think it's fairly accurate. Colour is, of course, very subjective, so what works for me might not work for you. There are lots of other palettes out there, of course, but I still choose to use my own. The numbers in the cells represent the palette entry number on the NES.
Anyhows I have found a number of different color palettes for the NES already, and will have to look further into things to determind what I think is the most accurate, hehe. Hmm, maybe this is going over the top
, but it might be fun todo.
cyas