Bryan Smith mentioned this to Gary Weinfurther:
 BS> Problem is, it does not seem to work like that with the Canvas.  For
 BS> example, if the canvas color is clBlue = $00FF0000, and you BitBlt in
 BS> some white-on-black text using the SRCINVERT operator, you might expect 
to
 BS> get clYellow $0000FFFF text, but you get clOlive $00007F7F.  Likewise if
 BS> the canvas is clNavy, $007F0000 then you get clYellow $0000FFFF text.
Are you working with 256 colors?  If so, then the colors you get are going to 
be restricted to the current system palette.
                                ...Gary Weinfurther
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